SYNDICATED COLUMN: Why Closing Guantánamo Is Easy

Ted Rall's Rallblog 2013-05-02

Summary:

Obama Doesn’t Need Congress. He Needs Travelocity. Guantánamo is complicated. Everyone says so. Everyone is wrong. There’s nothing complicated about it. Guantánamo should be closed. Mainstream media pundits don’t get it. They suggest a lame hodgepodge of solutions: a few repatriations here, a few extraordinary renditions there, maybe convincing some allies to take the victims [...]

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Authors:

Ted Rall

Date tagged:

05/02/2013, 19:30

Date published:

05/02/2013, 16:44