Update Jan. 24th: Two more former Gitmo inmates return to terrorism, more cold feet expected soon!
European countries did a lot of yakking and complaining about our military prison at Guantanamo Bay Cuba, but now when their wonder boy announces it will be closed in a year they are not eagerly stepping forward to resettle the detainees, most of whom were captured on the battlefield of the War on Terror (which no longer exists we are told as of yesterday).
Check out this Washington Times story which says if they (European countries) take any Gitmo guys they will have to release them immediately into the general population.
“The Europeans have been nagging the United States to close Guantanamo for ages,” said London-based security analyst Bob Ayers. “Now the U.S. is actually thinking about doing it, these same Europeans that have been critical of the U.S. are now very reluctant to take those people into their own countries.”
This is going to be so much fun to watch. Back in the USA, Glenn Beck was suggesting Alcatraz because of its proximity to Nancy Pelosi’s home. And, I think I know some Kansans making picket signs already.
But, I was thinking today, maybe the terror suspects could be broken up into groups of two or three and spread around to many maximum security prisons where they could be put into the general prison population and see how tough they really are.
All of our previous posts on Gitmo are here.