Fidel Castro Watches Obama Inauguration – Obama Orders Guantanamo Closed
Fidel Castro has emerged for a meeting with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez in which he commented on Obama after watching the Inauguration. According to Fernandez, “Castro believes in Obama”. From the Yahoo article:
“I personally did not have the slightest doubt about the honesty of Obama, the 11th president since Jan. 1, 1959, when he expresses his ideas,” Castro said he told Fernandez.
As to the health of the Bearded One:
Raul Castro said “Do you think if he were really gravely ill that I’d be smiling here?”. “Soon I’m going to take a trip to Europe. You guys think I could leave here if Fidel were really in grave condition?”
Guantanamo
As expected, Barack Obama signed three executive orders dealing with Guantanamo, detention policy options and ensuring lawful detentions.
While most people including Defense Secretary Bob Gates agree that detainees need to be removed from Guantanamo, nobody has a clear answer what should be done with those very dangerous people.