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geyamala asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

Why Obama changed his mind and attempting to block publications of prisoners tortured by US soldiers?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Because he took the advice of his military advisors (which I agree with) that releasing them would provoke Anti-American sentiment and may assist our enemies in recruiting more terrorists.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    Because he is a Democrat, he needs to please both sides of his party the insane lunatic left wing of his party & the red dog Democrats. He says whatever he needs to make everyone happy.

    He was gonna close GITMO right, well its still open for business as usual, he was gonna pull are troops out of Iraq right, well we still have troops there oh and his brilliant exit strategy..........oh thats right he gave the Iraqis a timetable.......He is just super smart. Even Afghanistan he was gonna get us out of there.......Oh thats right he sent 17,000 more troops....huh nothing what he said he was going to do.

    Then it was Torture.......he was going to have complete transparity & have an open White House & by releasing the torture memos & pictures which the Wacky Left want so they can prove Pres.Bush is a war criminal, he told them absolutely he will show them.......well I assume there is no evidence of any wrong doing & he would just be emboldening the enemy by showing something none of us should or have to see.

    Source(s): My opinion
  • 1 decade ago

    Did you read your own source?

    "Mr Obama now believes the release of the photos would make the job of US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan more difficult, White House officials said."

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  • 1 decade ago

    Just remember, when Obama does it it's 'consensus building' not 'flip-flopping'. And anyone who doesn't go along with the consensus-of-the-moment is a 'partisan' who wants America to fail. This is Obama's version of bringing everyone together: smearing them so they're afraid to disagree.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Because sending bugs into a guy's cell and letting them eat their preferences of food and letting them pray 400X a day toward mecca is only torture for us. Not them. Nothing there.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I don't care what did it but he should know better than that to expose danger on our troops and not only that america

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I just asked that SAME question...

    HE's flip flopping like crazy.. He's a liar too, he said he would bring the troops home then sends more to Afghanistan.....

  • 1 decade ago

    What the Muslims who hate us are going to hate us even more? Please, give me break. Release the pictures and be done with it.

  • 1 decade ago

    maybe because then they would also have to post the pictures OF OUR SOLDIERS BEING BLOWN TO PIECES BY DIRTY BOMBS STRAPPED ON CHILDREN OR THEIR HEADS BEING SLICED OFF!?

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