White House suggests welching on promise not to bring Gitmo detainees to Illinois prison

One of the worst promises Barack Obama ever made - and that's saying something - continues to vex him and his administration because of the political and logistical nightmares involved with carrying it out. Thank God for small favors. So despite an executive order he signed on the first day of his presidency, the terrorist prison at Guantanamo Bay remains in operation, and the administration continues to stumble in its pursuit of a way to close it down. Let's just say this up front: Guantanamo should never close. The establishment of the prison there was one of the Bush Administration's more brilliant moves in the war on terror, as it offers excellent security without the threat of the terrorists coming onto U.S. soil and being afforded the assistance of U.S. lawyers who could litigate the manner of their capture on the battlefield as if it were a traffic stop requiring the reading of Miranda rights. The only reason anyone talks of closing Gitmo is the yelping of the left that it represented some sort of abomination against human rights. And this was never sincere. Its sole purpose was to reduce political support for Bush in order to pave the way for Democrat gains in Congress and an ultimate re-taking of the White House.

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