Rudd should not feel in any way obligated to solve Obama’s political problem:

The government has confirmed it is considering an appeal from US President Barrack Obama to settle Uighur detainees from China, who have been held in detention for more than six years, but have been cleared by the US of being enemy combatants.

If the Obama administration can argue before the US Supreme Court that these people have no right of entry into the USA, then surely Rudd should feel more than justified in saying no thanks. Obama’s election “…yeah but no but…”promise to close Club Gitmo is coming undone and so he is looking for other countries to bail him out – GM style. Instead of the unions stepping up to the mark, this time round it looks like a foreign take-over of Obama’s election promise. A bit of background on the issue can be found here:

The Obama Justice Department told the Supreme Court this evening that the Uighurs have no right to be released into the United States.

The Uighurs, Chinese Muslim detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, received terrorist training at al Qaeda affiliated camps (from an organization formally designated as a foreign terrorist organization under U.S. law) and were captured after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. They are the Left’s combatant cause célèbre.