With much fanfare from folks like MoveOn.org, the ACLU and others on the far left, President Obama yesterday ordered the shuttering of Guantánamo Bay within a year.  In announcing it, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday that the order, “made America safer, made America stronger.”  That of course is asinine. 

As has been debated heavily before, the big question is what to do with the detainees.  The ACLU and others believe these terrorists should be given all the legal rights of American citizens and trials in our civilian courts.  I for one would not trust our liberal court system to try a shoplifter let alone terrorists.  What happens when one of these terrorists is found innocent and released into our civilian population?  Does anyone think that is a good idea?

Some say we should return them to their home of record.  The problem there is that most of their home countries don’t even want them.  When we have tried that before, it didn’t work out so well.

When they are released, are they suddently going to become model citizens of the world?  Most certainly not.  Today the International Herald Tribune provides a prime example in the case of Said Ali al-Shihri.  Here is a guy we released to Saudi Arabia in August of 2007, supposedly was rehabilitated, and now has been confirmed to be the deputy leader of Al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch.

We are safer?  I think not. 

RELATED – For those terrorists that are found guilty in our court system, how about we bring them to Colorado?  Colorado Governor Bill Ritter thinks that is a great idea! 

RELATED 2 – Congressman Mike Coffman says offering Colorado is not the right thing to do.  Click here for KOA audio.