Rumsfeld on "Gitmo"

Everyone (well, all bloggers, anyway) has heard about "Gitmo," the Department of Defense's prison for the most dangerous terrorists at Guantanomo Bay, Cuba. You hear the words Gitmo or Guantanamo, and you think "waterboarding," right? How many people do you think were waterboarded there? Two? Forty? Two hundred? The correct answer would be zero! Our military never received permission from Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to waterboard anyone, he writes in his book Known and Unknown. In his book he gives a vigorous and completely persuasive defense of Gitmo.

President George W. Bush, a man whom Rumsfeld describes as a man of convictions, who also had the fortitude to stick by his convictions, was under seige by the media, Senators Clinton, Kerry, Durbin, Obama, and others of their ilk throughout his presidency. Remember the New York Times discounted ad on "General Betrayus?" Obama promised to close Gitmo on the first day of his presidency. It remains open nearly three years later. However, it served Obama's purpose of creating a bogeyman for him to rail against, just like he has been railing against bankers and people who fly corporate jets (to attend fundraisers for Obama). Scapegoating others is a magnificent tactic to keep people from looking at your own performance.