Castro demands Gitmo's return and 100s of millions in reperations

[Kosh]

Closing it was his first EO. Congress has repeatedly blocked him from implementing it.

I thought the President didn't need Congressional approval to implement an EO.

Then how did Congress block the Failed Messiah from implementing it?

And, come to think of it, wasn't the newly sworn-in Congress of January 2009, a Democrat-controlled Congress, in both House and Senate?

Didn't Democrats and Republican support closing it during the 2008 campaign?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/us/politics/20detain.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

I see an article that talks about how Senate Democrats killed Obama's idea to close Gitmo. What else you got?

What more do I need to prove that Congress has the power to override a presidential EO?

Actually no far left drone has proven anything of the type..

The far left fails to understand that even if something is defunded it has to be signed by the president.

 

[Kondor3]

Closing it was his first EO. Congress has repeatedly blocked him from implementing it.

I thought the President didn't need Congressional approval to implement an EO.

Then how did Congress block the Failed Messiah from implementing it?

And, come to think of it, wasn't the newly sworn-in Congress of January 2009, a Democrat-controlled Congress, in both House and Senate?

Didn't Democrats and Republican support closing it during the 2008 campaign?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/us/politics/20detain.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Dunno.

Don't remember.

But claims of the Pubs blocking His Majesty's closing of Gitmo don't square with a Democrat-controlled Congress in 2009, yes?

 

[Kondor3]

Oh, my, you're not going to last very long at the grown-ups table.

Maybe you'd be better off taking a seat at the kiddie table now, and avoiding a protracted discovery process.

and I suppose you are "the grown up" ??? and I suppose that is "sophisticated grown up snark?" Child please ....

Far better than cartoons of $hit, that much is certain... next contestant.

I thought you were one of those wing nut tough guys and the poopy cartoon upset you ohhh

Calm yourself, snookums...

 

[BlindBoo]

But claims of the Pubs blocking His Majesty's

My claim is that Congress blocked his order. It was true then and now.

 

[OKTexas]

Obama the great negotiator i think he'd better reconsider the reset with the communist dictator..

The Associated Press reported late Wednesday afternoon that the Cuban president demanded that the U.S. return the base at Guantanamo, lift the half-century trade embargo and compensate the island country for damages as a pre-condition to moving forward with re-establishing diplomatic relations.

Castro reportedly told a summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States that the U.S. and Cuba are moving forward in their talks but diplomatic re-engagement wouldn’t make sense “if these problems aren’t resolved.”

Republicans on Capitol Hill are likely to fight any attempt to hand over the base on Guantanamo Bay and the detainee prison facility to the Castro regime. Some already have accused Obama of working with the Cuban government to normalize relations at least partly to fulfill his campaign promise to close the Gitmo prison facility.

That tall order has eluded Obama throughout his two terms as president as Republicans in Congress and unrest in terrorist hot spots in the Middle East and elsewhere have thwarted his plans to transfer detainees from the prison to other countries.

As president and commander-in-chief, Obama has the power to unilaterally change the decades-long agreement with Cuba giving U.S. control over Guantanamo Bay, but the GOP-controlled Congress likely will try to use its power of the purse to prevent any efforts to hand the base back and shutter the prison.

The legally binding agreement between the U.S. and Cuba regarding Guantanamo Bay provides that “so long as the United States of America shall not abandon the said naval station of Guantanamo or the two governments shall not agree to a modification of its present limits, the station shall continue to have the territorial area that it now has.”

Critics cry foul as Castro demands Gitmo s return WashingtonExaminer.com

You know a better way the guarantee the Gitmo is closed. The mulatto messiah knows exactly what he's doing. He'll just give up Gitmo and tell them to pound sand on the rest and pat himself on the back and tell the rest of us what a great deal we got.

 

[Vigilante]

Oh, my, you're not going to last very long at the grown-ups table.

Maybe you'd be better off taking a seat at the kiddie table now, and avoiding a protracted discovery process.

and I suppose you are "the grown up" ??? and I suppose that is "sophisticated grown up snark?" Child please ....

Far better than cartoons of $hit, that much is certain... next contestant.

I thought you were one of those wing nut tough guys and the poopy cartoon upset you ohhh

Calm yourself, snookums...

Small correction, having handled this powerhouse of waste, I renamed him Pussypussy...for obvious reasons!

 

[Anathema]

That lease was signed with US troops occupying Cuba....the US has broken the lease with its use of Guantanamo as a torture concentration camp...

The Cuban government and nation has abandoned any right it has to exist by being....

a. Communists and b. Non-Americans.

 

[Vigilante]

Obama the great negotiator i think he'd better reconsider the reset with the communist dictator..

The Associated Press reported late Wednesday afternoon that the Cuban president demanded that the U.S. return the base at Guantanamo, lift the half-century trade embargo and compensate the island country for damages as a pre-condition to moving forward with re-establishing diplomatic relations.

Castro reportedly told a summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States that the U.S. and Cuba are moving forward in their talks but diplomatic re-engagement wouldn’t make sense “if these problems aren’t resolved.”

Republicans on Capitol Hill are likely to fight any attempt to hand over the base on Guantanamo Bay and the detainee prison facility to the Castro regime. Some already have accused Obama of working with the Cuban government to normalize relations at least partly to fulfill his campaign promise to close the Gitmo prison facility.

That tall order has eluded Obama throughout his two terms as president as Republicans in Congress and unrest in terrorist hot spots in the Middle East and elsewhere have thwarted his plans to transfer detainees from the prison to other countries.

As president and commander-in-chief, Obama has the power to unilaterally change the decades-long agreement with Cuba giving U.S. control over Guantanamo Bay, but the GOP-controlled Congress likely will try to use its power of the purse to prevent any efforts to hand the base back and shutter the prison.

The legally binding agreement between the U.S. and Cuba regarding Guantanamo Bay provides that “so long as the United States of America shall not abandon the said naval station of Guantanamo or the two governments shall not agree to a modification of its present limits, the station shall continue to have the territorial area that it now has.”

Critics cry foul as Castro demands Gitmo s return WashingtonExaminer.com

You know a better way the guarantee the Gitmo is closed. The mulatto messiah knows exactly what he's doing. He'll just give up Gitmo and tell them to pound sand on the rest and pat himself on the back and tell the rest of us what a great deal we got.

He does need to stop his own BACK PATTING as he won't be able to sign any more E.O.'s for a few weeks.....

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

That lease was signed with US troops occupying Cuba....the US has broken the lease with its use of Guantanamo as a torture concentration camp...

The Cuban government and nation has abandoned any right it has to exist by being....

a. Communists and b. Non-Americans.

Go take some metamucil maybe you won't be so grumpy...get it out of your system gramps

 

[Vigilante]

That lease was signed with US troops occupying Cuba....the US has broken the lease with its use of Guantanamo as a torture concentration camp...

The Cuban government and nation has abandoned any right it has to exist by being....

a. Communists and b. Non-Americans.

Go take some metamucil maybe you won't be so grumpy...get it out of your system gramps

So says the Communist, Anti-American....you just can't make up their own demise! Right Pussypussy?

 

[Synthaholic]

Closing it was his first EO. Congress has repeatedly blocked him from implementing it.

I thought the President didn't need Congressional approval to implement an EO.

He needs Congress to fund it. Or at the very least, not block funding for it.

 

[Kondor3]

But claims of the Pubs blocking His Majesty's

My claim is that Congress blocked his order. It was true then and now.

Then - given the Democratic dominance of both chambers of Congress at the time, is it safe to assume that this was, to an extent sufficient to enforce the block - a bipartisan effort?

 

[Roadrunner]

The 99 year lease has expired

Incorrect.

The lease is open ended with no expiration date. ......

Cuban American Treaty - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

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That lease was signed with US troops occupying Cuba....the US has broken the lease with its use of Guantanamo as a torture concentration camp...

Who has the most ******* divisions?

That is who holds the lease.

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

The 99 year lease has expired

Incorrect.

The lease is open ended with no expiration date. ......

Cuban American Treaty - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

.

That lease was signed with US troops occupying Cuba....the US has broken the lease with its use of Guantanamo as a torture concentration camp...

Who has the most ******* divisions?

That is who holds the lease.

OK I agree it has to do with "Might makes Right" not with actual legal and moral right ...its what the US does all over the world ..loot and steal...

Smedley D. Butler quotes(showing 1-7 of 7)
“I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.”
―Smedley D. Butler,War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

 

[Kondor3]

It's all a damned Korsnspiracy, I tellz ya...

 

[Jroc]

Castro demands Gitmo's return and 100s of millions in reperations

Dang... ya beat me to it...

Funny how Obama reach outs tend to lead to demands from those he reaches out to.

 

[SwimExpert]

Closing it was his first EO. Congress has repeatedly blocked him from implementing it.

I thought the President didn't need Congressional approval to implement an EO.

He needs Congress to fund it. Or at the very least, not block funding for it.

Jesus Christ, he can't close it down without more money?

 

[HenryBHough]

Castro brothers know they gotta get while the getting's good.

Two years can seem like such a short time......

 

[Jroc]

Castro demands Gitmo's return and 100s of millions in reperations

Who gives a shit what they are demanding?

Why does this have you quaking in your boots? Why are you Right-Wingers such goddamn pussies?

Cuba demands, Iran demands they see a weakness in this president and are talking advantage of the situation

 

[Synthaholic]

Closing it was his first EO. Congress has repeatedly blocked him from implementing it.

I thought the President didn't need Congressional approval to implement an EO.

He needs Congress to fund it. Or at the very least, not block funding for it.

Jesus Christ, he can't close it down without more money?

Do you need your ass wiped, too?

2010:
House acts to block closing of Gitmo - Washington Times

2013:
House votes to block Obama plan to close Guantanamo Reuters



(Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a massive defense bill on Friday that includes measures to block President Barack Obama's plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, underscoring the tough fight ahead for the White House as it seeks to shutter the controversial detention camp.


The Republican-controlled House voted, 315-108, for the $638 billion National Defense Authorization Act, which authorizes money for weapons, troops and the war in Afghanistan. But it also addresses a range of policy matters, including this year's efforts to combat sexual assault in the military and provisions intended to prevent the closure of the prison camp at the base in Cuba.