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08.01.2016 Feature Article

The Duo Guantanamo Bay Detainees

The Duo Guantanamo Bay Detainees
08.01.2016 LISTEN

On Wednesday, January 6, 2016, a few news outlets especially, Fox News mentioned in passing that two Guantanamo Bay Detainees have been sent to Ghana. Many of the major news outlets did not cover this information. Why was this news not publicized in all the news media? It was not publicized because it would be shameful to the Obama administration. They knew that the White House spokesperson would be inundated with questions from the media and journalists. Furthermore, they wanted to keep it hidden from the American public.

However, the gist of my write up is not more concerned about the Obama administration than Mahama and his cronies. I would like to ask some relevant and pertinent questions about this covert deal. First, I would like to know if members of parliament knew about this deal. Second, was the information disseminated to the Ghanaian public? Third, why were these detainees not sent to any peace loving Arab nation? Third, how far is the distance from Guantanamo Bay (Cuba) to Ghana? Why were the detainees sent to Ghana? Fourth, who were directly involved in this covert deal? Fifth, how much money changed hands? What did President Obama promise to the Mahama government? Sixth, if parliament knew it why have the opposition parties remained mute? Seventh, if this deal was legitimate why did president Obama keep it secret from the United States Congress? Eighth, did Mahama ask that question when the transaction was being made? Finally, what does Mahama and his cronies stand to gain in this deal? Does Ghana provide better prison environment than Guantanamo Bay or any maximum prison in the United States?

Now I begin the gist of my piece. When Obama took the helm of the presidency of the United States, his first promise to those who voted him to power was to close the Guantanamo Bay Prison because it is blight to the pride and reputation of the United States. The United States used the Guantanamo Bay as prison to house global terrorists. The reason is that the US did not want these savages to influence the prison communities of the United States. Obama has faced stiff opposition in his efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay since the inception of his presidency. Therefore, he is arranging with and performing these covert deals to prove to his supporters and voters that he has accomplished all his promises before he leaves office. He wants to score a political point.

However, Mahama and his cronies have put the peaceful nation of Ghana in jeopardy. The reason is simple. These two detainees are a threat to the United States that no other country wants them. What security and safe apparatus have Mahama and his incompetent leaders put in place that they think Ghana can house them? Have they thought about the indoctrination that these two terrorists can provide to the vulnerable young people in Ghanaian prison systems?

A simple but appropriate question ought to be asked. What tangible project, infrastructure, and educational assistance did Obama provide for Ghana since he became the President of the United States in 2008? Why then do Mahama and his inept leaders put the peace loving country of Ghana in such great peril? Ghana is closer to Nigeria that is under siege by Boko Haram. What assistance has Mahama provided to Nigeria to fight and defeat these terrorists? Furthermore, Ghana is also within the range of the terrorist networks of Libya, which is now the second headquarters of global terrorism.

I suggest that the opposition parties and their leaders demand answers from Mahama and the NDC government. In addition, the people of Ghana should protest and demonstrate on the streets and the residence of President Mahama and the headquarters of the NDC in Accra. They should do this consistently and persistently until this duo global terrorists are removed from Ghana. Ghana does not stand to gain anything from the ire of global terrorism. For the most part, God has blessed and protected Ghana from wars. Ghana has not even tasted any civil war since the dawn of her independence. Why then should Ghana invite the savagery of global terrorism in this peaceful nation? Ghanaians should take action now if the nation were to continue its peaceful existence.

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