Of course there's a plan

It is always interesting to listen to people comment very quickly about something that they have no details about.

When President Obama signed the order to close Gitmo in a year there were all sorts of immediate commentaries about how he had no plan. The commentators were jumping to conclusions about the prisoners being released.

No.

A year is a lot of time to sort out all sorts of details.

Secretary of Defense Gates had to have been in on the decision. One might even imagine that he has his own ideas and will have a lot of influence on what happens.

It was clear that the executive order and its details had not really been read by those commenting, as though they needed to get their opinions out there really fast so as to stake a claim on the position.

Barack Obama is a guy who does everything with a plan. It is okay to disagree with his plans, but to assume that he doesn't have one is ridiculous.

And so, I listen to the radio and the news less and less and people ask me why ...