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> Anyone remember how he promised to close Guantanamo? A European here, I was under the impression he sincerely tried to close Guantanamo but failed because of
by dandare 9y ago
> Anyone remember how he promised to close Guantanamo?
A European here, I was under the impression he sincerely tried to close Guantanamo but failed because of GOP controlled house and senate. Could he have done more?
- baud147258 9y agoEuropean here too. I thought another problem with closing Guantanamo was what to do with the prisoners.
- lightbyte 9y agoIf I'm remembering correctly, that was actually the main problem. Most, if not all, are being held based on evidence or intelligence that would not fly in a typical American trial. If they closed Gitmo and brought the detainees to the US for trial, almost all would have to be released. I'm not necessarily saying that is a bad things, surely some (or even all) do not deserve to be held and should be released, but all it takes is one coming back and committing a terrorist act (could you even blame them after being illegally held and tortured for years?) for the worst PR nightmare a politician could even imagine rains down on them.
- dandare 9y agoExactly this. Let's torture people (or drone their families) to make sure they don't commit terrorist attacks. What could go wrong?