What’s Obama Blaming the GOP for Now?
09/17/2015 06:30 PM

by: Nicole Duran

In confirming on Thursday that the U.S. transferred Moroccan Younis Chekkouri from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay back to his home country, White House spokesman Josh Earnest blamed Congress for President Obama’s inability to deliver on his campaign promise to shutter the terrorist detainment camp in Cuba.

There’s a “variety of things that make this quite challenging,” Earnest said in explaining why 56 prisoners cleared to return to their home countries or a willing third country have yet to leave the island. “We’ve seen a number of obstacles erected by Congress intentionally to make this [process] more difficult,” he charged.

“Congress is the chief bottleneck” that has prevented the Obama administration from removing the remaining 115 prisoners, Earnest said. “That’s unfortunate, but it’s the situation that we’re dealing with.”

Another hurdle is the “high standard” Obama has set for permitting detainees to be sent elsewhere and other countries’ unwillingness to accept the prisoners.

Sure he has a high standard – he exchanged five high-value terrorists for a traitor,  Bergdahl.  We do not need to close GITMO because we need a place to put prisoners of war.  Hopefully, that is a good place where we will send all of those Democrats who have committed treason on this country.

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