General Patton is spinning in his grave. General Dempsey also supported cuts to military pay and earned benefits. We can re-open Alcatraz. The fine citizens of San Francisco would rejoice in hearing the call to prayers five times a day. San Francisco residents could provide a place for the relatives of the terrorist to stay while they visited their family members in Alcatraz.
Count the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman among those who believe it’s in the national interest to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
Gen. Martin Dempsey says the facility at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba “does create a psychological scar on our national values. Whether it should or not, it does.”
The U.S. has transferred of a number of detainees recently as President Barack Obama tries to make progress toward his goal of closing Guantanamo.
The prison population now is 127.
Dempsey says there still are “dozens” who must be held.
He tells “Fox News Sunday” that’s a policy decision for elected officials – what to do if these detainees shouldn’t be released and Congress doesn’t allow them to be brought to the United States.