A REPOST FOR THE WINGNUTS

Pres. Obama signs an executive order calling for the closing of Guantanamo within a year and the wingnuts start whining again about how this move is a threat to our national security. Let's remind them what the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said about 1 year ago:

Top U.S. officer would like Guantanamo shut down
Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:35pm EST
By Andrew Gray

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The top U.S. military officer said on Sunday he would like to see the detention center at Guantanamo Bay closed because its image has damaged America's international standing.

"I'd like to see it shut down," said Adm. Mike Mullen. "I believe that from the standpoint of how it reflects on us that it's been pretty damaging."

USA Today also reported on Mullen's remark, so the wingnuts can't claim it wasn't public knowledge:

Joint Chiefs chairman: Close Guantanamo
Posted 1/14/2008 6:08 PM
By Robert Burns, AP Military Writer

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — The chief of the U.S. military said he favors closing the prison here as soon as possible because he believes negative publicity worldwide about treatment of terrorist suspects has been "pretty damaging" to the image of the United States.

"I'd like to see it shut down," Adm. Mike Mullen said Sunday in an interview with three reporters who toured the detention center with him on his first visit since becoming chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff last October.