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Louie Gohmert: It is weakness that gives a recruiting tool, the joy among jihadists to realize we told them, close Gitmo. It's a nice…

On the recordJanuary 13, 2010
It is weakness that gives a recruiting tool, the joy among jihadists to realize we told them, close Gitmo. It's a nice place if you're going to be held somewhere as a prisoner. We told them it was a recruiting tool. And now, as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said, that is because they are people who understand not the reason they'll defeat us. They didn't get it. They thought they really did need to close Gitmo, and they did, and they're going to bring it onto the continental U.S. That shows weakness. The fact that we are showing that kind of weakness in closing Gitmo is a fantastic recruiting tool.
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas
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govinfo.gov
Jan 13, 2010

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Gohmert discusses the implications of closing Guantanamo Bay on national security and terrorism recruitment.

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