They can have them. Maybe during the inaugural, we can have an announcement piped in to the adoring masses that the victims of imperialist American aggression have cleared our airspace en route to freedom, a sort of bizarro world reprise of the 1981 Reagan inaugural when it was announced the Americans hostages were freed by the Iranians.
Half dozen European countries are considering resettling detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a gesture to the incoming Obama administration, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.I'm sure the sane people of Germany and Portugal will be thrilled to hear the news.
Citing senior European officials and U.S. diplomats, the newspaper said European officials have put out tentative feelers to President-elect Barack Obama's team. But Obama advisers said they could only discuss the issue after the January 20 inauguration.
Guantanamo has about 250 detainees including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of masterminding the September 11 attacks. The prison has come to symbolize aggressive interrogation practices that opened the United States up to allegations of torture.
Obama has pledged to close Guantanamo.
Only Germany and Portugal have acknowledged publicly that they are considering resettling the detainees, the newspaper said.
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