An Obama false premise on Gitmo

Power Line:

One of the most dishonest moments in Obama's speech came when he assured us that detaining terrorists at Guantanamo Bay has undermined our security:

Guantanamo became a symbol that helped Al Qaida recruit terrorists to its cause. Indeed, the existence of Guantanamo, likely, created more terrorists around the world than it ever detained. So the record is clear. Rather than keeping us safer, the president at Guantanamo has weakened American national security.

The "record is clear"? The record is that there were no successful attacks after 9/11. What "record" can Obama possibly be talking about? And what evidence is there that Guantanamo "created...terrorists around the world"? On its face, it is absurd to think that anyone will join an organization that chops off people's heads and gouges out their eyes with spoons because he is outraged that at Guantanamo Bay--what? A female interrogator sat on a detainee's lap? It is jihadist ideology, not a belief that Americans are meanies, that draws recruits to al Qaeda and like-minded groups.

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This is liberal projection and ignores the fact that the motivation of our enemies in this war is their religious bigotry against all who disagree with their weird religious beliefs. Obama and many liberals just can't seem to comprehend this fact.

Obama is a master of the false premise and straw man arguments and it was on display again today in his dishonest presentation supporting a bad policy.

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