We must support our new President
While I didn't vote for him, he lawfully won the election and we should support him as any loyal American should. Obama recently threw some "raw meat" to some of his more liberal, move on.org supporters by issuing an executive order to close "Gitmo" within a year. He had to say this, since it had been said so many times during the campaign. I don't believe it will ever happen. You know the old saying, "watch what I do and not what I say" as to my real intentions. I offer as proof of my prediction the following excerpts from an AP story appearing on page 16a of 1-24-09 Dallas Morning News. Obama is doing his impersonation of Bush protecting America.
Suspected US missile strike kills 18 in Pakistan
Jan 23, 5:11 PM (ET) By CHRIS BRUMMITT
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Suspected U.S. missiles killed 18 people on the Pakistan side of the Afghan border Friday, security officials said, the first attacks on the al-Qaida stronghold since President Barack Obama took office. At least five foreign militants were among those killed in the strikes by unmanned aircraft in two parts of the frontier region, an intelligence official said without naming them. There was no information on the identities of the others.
Pakistan's leaders had expressed hope Obama might halt the strikes, but few observers expected he would end a tactic that U.S. officials say has killed several top al-Qaida operatives and is denying the terrorist network a long-held safe haven.
The United States has staged more than 30 missile strikes inside Pakistan since August last year - a barrage seen as a sign of frustration in Washington over Islamabad's efforts to curb militants that the U.S. blames for violence in Afghanistan and fears could be planning attacks on the West.
I know Obama's far left supporters will scream at this failure to "change" Bush's policy but I applaud our new president's actions to kill the enemy in the ongoing war on terror and this is why I don't believe Gitmo will actually be closed.W.C.
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