Close Guantanamo now (Gilmore | Colorado Daily)

[struggle4progress]

Idea that terrorists will escape U.S. prisons is absurd
By Brian Gilmore, McClatchy-Tribune
Wednesday, May 27, 2009

The prison at Guantanamo must be closed.

Even more important, "Gitmo" (as it is infamously known now) and everything it represents must be invalidated. This includes the military tribunal process, the human rights violations, torture, and the blatant disregard for the rule of law ...

Finally, and perhaps, most important, Obama should press for an investigation or inquiry into exactly what happened in the torture program that has its roots at Gitmo.

Obama's original decision to not seek an inquiry was a mistake ...

http://www.coloradodaily.com/news/2009/may/27/close-guantanamo-now/

[Optical.Catalyst]

1. The World Community holds the United States in the lowest opinion

We cannot regain the respect of the nations of the World until we make amends for our war crimes.

We need to end the illegal war in Iraq, close Guantanamo Bay, and deal with the individuals we are holding in prison. We must either convict them of a crime, or release them.

Most importantly, we must put on trial the members of the Bush Administration who fostered this situation on us.