A Voice in the Wilderness In Defense of "Mere Conservatism"

Gitmo stays open

Here is yet another classic example of the difference between liberal utopian visions of how the world should be...and the way things really are.

President Obama is unlikely to close the much-maligned detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in time to meet the self-imposed deadline of January, as his administration runs into daunting legal and logistical hurdles in moving the more than 220 detainees still being held there.

The difficulties in completing the lengthy review of detainee files and resolving other thorny questions mean the president's promised January deadline may slip, senior administration officials acknowledged for the first time Friday to FOX News.

The truth is that no one on the Left has a better idea on how to deal with enemy combatants who are NOT under the Geneva Convention, and have yet to offer a better place to house them.