Lets see. The Marxist Democrats are cutting $600 billion from defense spending, we have out of control spending on welfare programs in this country, and Muslims are killing our troops in Afghanistan. So what does the Obama regime do? He awards them a brand new soccer field at Gitmo at a low ball estimate cost of $750,000 to the tax payers! The terrorists at Gitmo already had two recreation facilities, so it’s not like poor terrorists suffered from lack of exercise. So throw in another quarter of a million dollars of tax payer money for a soccer field. Fox News has the report.
At a time of record deficits, a new soccer field for detainees at Camp 6 in Guantanamo Bay is just getting the finishing touches — at a cost of $750,000 to taxpayers.
The project was the highlight of a tour Tuesday of the detention camp for reporters at the facility covering the arraignment in a military court of Majid Khan, a former Baltimore resident and the the only legal U.S. resident on trial at Guantanamo.In this April 27, 2010, file photo, reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, a Guantanamo detainee’s feet are shackled to the floor as he attends a “Life Skills” class inside Camp 6, the high-security detention facility at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base.
The project began in April 2011 and is due to finish this spring. The detainees will now have three recreation facilities at Camp 6, which is home to “highly compliant” detainees who live in a communal setting.
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