Ultimately, the GOP’s current game plan will not do anyone any favors. Until they reassess their goals as a party and move towards a platform that is realistic, the Republicans in Congress and elsewhere will find themselves at a dead end.
The closure of Guantanamo would serve as a message to the world that the United States does not compromise its values in the face of fear, but stands on a firm ground of law and morality.
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani was imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay for five years before given a trial in 2010, but he should never have been detained in the first place.
President Barack Obama's failure to close the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, a promise he touted during his 2008 campaign, has not been criticized enough.
Despite promises to close the Guantánamo Bay, President Obama has yet to take any real action to stop the escalating human rights violations at the prison.
