Screw Off Brits

It's lovely how Chimpie and his cadre of hypocrites speak out of both sides of their mouths at the same time. We value our 'special relationship' with the British– but don't care what they think of us. We want and need their support – but don't give a damn if they criticize us. Please join us in invading a country – but don't expect us to listen to you. We want you to risk the honor and reputation of your country – but will ignore your concerns because we only care about ourselves.

US rejects Britain's call to close down Guantanamo Bay

The US state department today rejected the calls from the British government to close Guantanamo Bay in the near future, saying that it is a necessary evil in the War on Terror. Lord Goldsmith, the Government's most senior legal adviser, launched the most powerful attack yet on the military prison from a British minister.

In a speech to a terrorism conference he said: "It is time, in my view, that it should close," he said. "Not only would it, in my personal opinion, be right to close Guantanamo as a matter of principle, I believe it would also help to remove what has become a symbol to many – right or wrong – of injustice, told the London-based Royal United Services Institute. "The historic tradition of the United States as a beacon of freedom, liberty and of justice deserves the removal of this symbol."

Sean McCormack, spokesman for the State Department, said that although he would like "nothing better" than to shut the camp down, it was still essential to house a number of "dangerous people".

The camp which holds 490 detainees was opened on the south-eastern coast of Cuba in January 2002. Many of the men held at the facility have been there for three years without trial.

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