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first posted at 11:14 am today: 2014 Barack Obama State of the Union: Legacy.
The U.S President said he would now close down the Guantanamo prisons… Finally!! Foreign nationals forcibly seized in another country were tagged as “enemy combatants” and detained without charges in Guantanamo, where torture, euphemistically called “enhanced interrogation techniques”, were routinely perpetrated. He also said he would end the 12-year war in Afghanistan.
(He also devoted one paragraph to the rescue and relief missions sent to the Philippines).
Longest standing ovation was given to a war hero in the audience.
(Let’s see … Will hebe able to leave such a legacy)
