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U.S. needs Guantanamo base for defense
Saturday, June 6, 2009 6:28 AM PDT
The Monroe Doctrine protected the United States for the first 100 years of its history until the Spanish-American War.
After that, our naval presence at Guantanamo Bay protected our southern coasts and marine shipping to and from their ports past Cuba into the Atlantic Ocean.
When Russia tried to place missile bases in Cuba, President Kennedy was willing to go to war to protect our national defenses. Remember?
Recently, Guantanamo has been used to house a prison, which can be closed without strategic loss, but it still is vital that the United States retain rights to this strategic real estate in Cuba for our national defense. Without it, we are less safe.
Jack Paden
Lodi
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RU4REAL wrote on Jun 11, 2009 5:15 PM:
Due process? Bah Humbug! Due process should be a 9MM at point blank. "
Cogito wrote on Jun 9, 2009 12:18 PM:
sam wrote on Jun 8, 2009 7:05 PM:
Well amen to that. Thank you . "
sven31 wrote on Jun 8, 2009 5:41 PM:
I didn't suggest that Obama released anyone, or that Bush did. The following statement indicates you are aware of some Bush detainies being released:
"Whether Bush released, or Obama releases these guys, they are terrorists, and they go back to doing what they do."
I'm aware that some Bush detainees were released sometime in the past, and several wound up dead or were recaptured engaging in combat against us. You find the citation. You need the practice.
Finally, not everything bad in the world is the result of Barak Obama being elected president. It might just be that the previous occupant caused so much trouble around the world that the right now needs to blame the resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. for all the ill's, having had to hold their tounges for 8 years. "
Cogito wrote on Jun 7, 2009 7:05 PM:
Cogito wrote on Jun 7, 2009 7:02 PM:
sam wrote on Jun 7, 2009 6:42 PM:
I trust your opinion.
I am curious what would be wrong with 2 states with actual boundaries? Is it the two 2 states? or the boundaries?
Thanks in advance. "
Ivan Dixon wrote on Jun 7, 2009 6:22 PM:
sven31 wrote on Jun 7, 2009 5:44 PM:
" Our intelligence reports that of the hundreds of detainees released by President Odumba, 75 have returned to once again being members of terrorist groups. Any lives lost by these released prisoners will be blood on Odumbas hands, and he should be impeached and tried for treason should it happen. "
In your first post (6-6-09, 5:40PM), you blamed President Obama (or Odumba as you put it) for the release of all of these terrorists. Then you attempt to attenuate your original point: "Whether Bush released, or Obama releases these guys, they are terrorists, and they go back to doing what they do."
So how many did Bush let go and how many did Obama let go? Was it a percentage like 90% Bush and 10% Obama or 50/50, or what? "
illegalinLodi wrote on Jun 7, 2009 5:26 PM:
OTH wrote on Jun 7, 2009 4:15 PM:
My apologies. I meant to cancel that post and didn't. Brain cramp! "
OTH wrote on Jun 7, 2009 4:13 PM:
Since no one in government can seem to get their nose how long are we supposd to keep these people? "
Cogito wrote on Jun 7, 2009 2:44 PM:
Leonard wrote on Jun 7, 2009 2:08 PM:
Where were you to criticize all the people who had their cute little nicknames for our last president?
To be fair, Dummy-U opened the nickname can of worms himself by refusing to call anyone by their actual name.
Besides, it was Bush's own brother who said that W was so dumb that he would climb over a glass wall to see what was on the other side. "
Cogito wrote on Jun 7, 2009 9:50 AM:
Leonard wrote on Jun 7, 2009 9:04 AM:
Cogito wrote on Jun 7, 2009 8:19 AM:
Cogito wrote on Jun 6, 2009 11:25 PM:
Cogito wrote on Jun 6, 2009 10:32 PM:
Cogito wrote on Jun 6, 2009 10:31 PM:
illegalinLodi wrote on Jun 6, 2009 9:58 PM:
Leonard wrote on Jun 6, 2009 6:21 PM:
" Cogito, Where did you get these numbers?
I found: "He noted that more than 500 detainees were released during the Bush administration and only three convicted during that time"
Hmmm... have any of those 500 released by Bush killed anyone?
If so, I eagerly await Cogito's demand that Bush be arrested for treason. "
sven31 wrote on Jun 6, 2009 6:12 PM:
I found: "He noted that more than 500 detainees were released during the Bush administration and only three convicted during that time" from http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Story?id=7647588&page=2
If your going to quote the rhetoric of the right, at least give us the source. "
Cogito wrote on Jun 6, 2009 5:40 PM:
T & C wrote on Jun 6, 2009 8:14 AM:
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