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In his first day on the job, President [Barack Obama] signed an executive order giving one year's notice to the folks who run Guantanamo Bay, our most famous prison for terror suspects. In my view, Obama, although he closed the camp, did not make a sharp enough break with the past. Obama has promised to do things in new ways, to think again and anew about old issues. A true visionary would not only have announced the closing of the torture chamber, but at the same time the opening of a new joint venture: an all-inclusive Sandals resort to take its place.
Had Obama thought for just an hour longer, Guantanamo would not only have ceased to be a detention facility, but could have become a major spring break destination. After all, he said in his inaugural address that we will not apologize for our way of life. Inviting hoardes of horny sun seekers to parade in skimpy clothing on the sands where al-Qaida's best and brightest once shuffled in manacled indignity would constitute the ultimate non-apology. We could really stick it to them. "Our Girls Gone Wild," we would say figuratively, "trump your 70 virgins in paradise any day."See the full content of this document
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In his first day on the job, President Barack Obama signed an executive order giving one year's notice to the folks who run Guantanamo Bay, our most famous prison for terror susp...
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