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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:00 AM

Criticisms, political pressure and Barack Obama

The president-elect's advisors respond to the firestorm created by Sunday's remarks on Guantanamo, illustrating the value of criticizing Obama when he deserves it.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:40 AM

    ehillesum

    Just so, the inmates at Gitmo are going to suffer when Gitmo closes and they are no longer under the care of the US government but someone else who will not treat them well.

    This reminds me of what people used to say about the "negro problem" when I was young:

    Africa is so awful. They are so lucky we brought them to America to be slaves. Now they have been free for almost 100 years, and they are still complaining. Why don't we send them all back?

    —Mike Sulzer Read Mike Sulzer's other letters

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