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The problem here was, Political Rhetoric. For Obama, he promised to close Gitmo because it was a symbol for the terrorist war we are involved in. "A Secret American Prison".

When Obama became President, that was when he realized the closing of Gitmo was going to be much harder than expected. The confusion of many of the prisoners there now accounted to a standstill in a legal process. Many prisoners there have no evidence against them, some do, and some have gone through a torture process, its really difficult to bring those people into a country that would legally require them to go through the legal process afforded by our Constitution.

So by closing Gitmo, and bringing prisoners to American soil, we would have to afford those prisoners rights to trials. Bad news there is, we have a lot of innocent people, and a whole lot of cluster f**k of he said/anonymous told evidence.

So by bringing prisoners to American soil, we would have to find a state that would house them. Now, mind you, we have plenty of prisons to just this. Why is it we have a "For Profit" prison system, that has the greatest examples of 'what money can buy'. How is it we can't find a state that will house these prisoners? Because America has a second problem. "Not in my back yard!"... Yes, we have every state saying no to housing such a Political 'firebomb' of a subject. The third problem America has, is we don't want to pay for these 'terrorists'. Kill'em, and lets get it over with.

The second major problem with closing Gitmo, was finding a country willing to harbor these prisoners within the UN SEcurity Counsel to ensure some of these 'terrorists' will never see the light of day. On the UN scale of the subject matter, Other Countries would be required to give these 'terrorists' fair days in court. So again. Can't bring these people home, Can't put them in other peoples hands, and we can't let them go, because afterall... Would YOU be happy about a foreign country imprisoning you for false reasons. Destroying your life, and then letting you go, with a small "we're sorry' check, and hope a country will take you?

Nope. So technically they main reason why GITMO isn't closed is... We totally f**ked up these whole situation. Otherwise, wouldn't we have already have rules, and guidelines constructed LONG before the word "Terrorism" was used in 9/11. UN, USA, China, Russia, every country around this country apart of the International Political Process would have a solution on the books. But instead, we have to keep making up new names for old problems.

In a more interconnected society, one would think, we would be much closer to a happy Utopia like world. But instead, it is a harder struggle with power, because those who still have it, want more, and those who see there are no more borders, want equality. And those two kinds of cultural mindsets can't exist well together.

Gitmo is a fine example of, what the American Citizens wanted, Obama promised, but then when it came to giving those people rights to fair trials, Americans didn't 'want it in my backyard'.

Its bulls**t to think we can't house/imprison these 'terrorists'... Thats never been the problem. We house(Imprison) ourselves well enough.

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