The Principles and Perils of Plans

By a vote of 90-6, the US Senate overwhelmingly blocked President Obama’s efforts to close Guantanamo Prison by preventing the Administration access to funds to fulfill one of its first Executive Orders. The reason? There’s no plan.

While the Administration has been rich in its rhetoric in heralding the forthcoming closure of the facility and trying to restore America’s human rights credibility, it is in outright poor shape in articulating the reality and tough answers to the “Now what?” questions. ....