Planning Ahead

As newly inaugurated president of the United States, Barack Obama has already signed off on some policies that will forever change the way our military works. One of those policies recently was the signing of the order to close the terrorist prison found at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Now this prison has been the source of much criticism for years because of the reported use of inhumane torture and other techniques that tarnish the reputation of the United States. Along with that same order came the order to follow the military handbook on the proper techniques of acquiring information, which means no more torture: threats of torture, coercion, physical abuse, or water boarding. Now I haven't studied the Army's Field Manual so I don't know what other ways of obtaining information are but I'm sure there are some quite respectable ways. Along with the closing of "Gitmo" and the no more torture Obama has also set up a task force to evaluate how we are to handle the now current residents of Gitmo and the future terrorist that might be taken into custody. He also has organized a task force to investigate new, non-torturous ways of obtaining essential information from terrorist.
Here's where I see the problem. Shouldn't you already have a plan in place ready to begin before you scrub current operations? Why is he closing Gitmo before even coming up with a solution to prosecute it's current residents? I know he promised this during his campaign, however, I feel he should already have a plan in place to compensate for Gitmo's closing. What will happen in a year when Gitmo is supposed to be closed and this task force hasn't quite finished it's suggestions? Once these suggestions are finished then they're going to need to go through the House and Senate for approval (and we all know those things take longer than a year).
Now if this new task force comes up with a great idea to house the now Gitmo prisoners and also new great ways of getting information from the enemy I'm all for it. However, I stand by the fact that you already have a plan ready to be implemented before you even consider stopping the current one. It just doesn't make sense to do it any other way, especially when you're talking about the future of our nations security. Just a thought. I hope his other official acts as president come with a little more thought involved.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_suspected_terrorists