With nation after nation turning down the "opportunity" to house detainees from Guantanmo Bay, I thought Obama discovered Palau by ordering Robert Gibbs to spin a Replogle globe and stop it with his finger.I was wrong.Johnson Toribiong, the President of Palau, conducted an interview with the Associated Press, and declared that the deal to transfer 13 Uighurs to his small pacific island is "tentative" and about "50-50". However, further examination of the situation leads to the conclusion that Obama knew that he could force Toribiong between a rock and a hard place and if he intends to act in the best interest of his nation, he has to take on the Uighurs.Here's why.In 1995, Palau joined The Compact of Free Association with the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) which endows the nations with U.S. federal funding in exchange for certain defense rights including the use of defense sites.While the FSM and RMI...(Read Full Post)