President Barack Obama : Dick Cheney Related Discussion Obama Plan Closing Gitmo

The first time, President of the United States (U.S.), Barack Obama and former Vice President Dick Cheney criticized each other in the same moment the plan related to closing the prison controversial Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo) in Cuba

Media Affairs uncle Sam says, compete arguments that occur in a series of speeches Obama Thursday (21 / 5) local time (WIT yesterday) that Clash of the Titans.

President-44 to U.S. reaffirms intention is to close Gitmo in a speech at the National Archives, Washington, that. Although the parliament rejected the budget that he proposed to close the prison, which is managed navy (AL), the intention Obama is not retroactive. In front of the media and the people of the U.S., says he will close Gitmo before the specified time limit expires. Ie, January 2010, exactly a year after he was officially appointed as successor George W. Bush.

Cheney is also scheduled to speak in the moments directly on the content of a speech by Obama. ''Indeed, it is easier to get applause from the European countries with mengagendakan closing Guantanamo,''Cheney firmly in the interview with the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative institution think tank in Washington that bermarkas. However, he continued, closing the prison guard with a layer that will not benefit the national security law and the U.S..

Cheney has become more diligent criticize policies that Obama opposed the former BOS, Bush. Especially issues related to Gitmo, Waterboarding, and security in the country. He asserts, close Gitmo will not solve the problem of terrorism. Thus the U.S. will reap more and more terror. Moreover, the fate of 240 prisoners were up to now in Gitmo is still not clear. White House clearly does not want ex-Gitmo detainees remain in U.S..

But, Obama does not object to accommodate the ex-Gitmo detainees in the country. For, from Gitmo, they will be moved to prisons supermaksimum that throughout history has never been penetrated. Therefore, it is clear before Gitmo and move the penghuninya to another prison, the Obama akan menyidang them. Obama immediately established a military and civilian courts. Legal system''we affirm that fate does not depend on the custody decision one person,''he said dilansir such as The Guardian yesterday (22 / 5).

Leaders hope that 47 years, new policies will steer U.S. from terror. For, applying the tactics of radical networks anti-USA, the Bush thus reap more and more terror. However, Cheney directly criticizing it. He believes, hatred against the U.S. will continue to grow despite closing Gitmo