Recently it has been found that 12 juveniles have been held in Guantanamo bay. This and other human rights violations are a disgrace to what this country is supposed to stand for. Obama is doing the right thing by shutting Gitmo down, it should have been done sooner. The hypocrisy of such a base cannot be overstated.

Just because Guantanamo Bay isn't on the US mainland doesn't mean that it shouldn't follow the same rules that are followed on it. It is basically an extension of the US where torture and other acts against humanity can occur without law. It is a disgrace to America and to humanity and any continued use or defense of the center and the actions taken part in it expose hypocrisy, hate, and acceptance of fear as a tool the US can use against anyone it doesn't like for political or other motives. Shutting down Guantanamo Bay is a great move by Obama and gives hope for a better United States.

fuck yes, ruins the US reputation and its against human rights and all that.

guantanamo bay is a disgrace

Shut it down immediately. Worst thing we ever did.

i dont think you should discuss closing guantanamo because america has many facilities throughout the world that tortures and locks up people. america has had these facilities for decades and regularly kidnaps and tortures people in many locations. if guantanamo is closed down, america will still find ways and places to do similar things. if you want to shut something down, it might as well be the cia, but that will never happen, so thats why there is no point is discussing guantanamo.

He should shut it down, but he won't.

Yes the only person to be shutted

History has recorded great presidents doing way worse things.

these are people captured on the battlefield. hell, many of the ones released have been either recaptured or shot in combat... why? because THEY'RE TERRORISTS!

they compare Bush to Hitler, but they don't compare him to FDR, who captured anyone who was a Jap and put them in prisons... fuck, they didn't even have any evidence to support that they were the enemy. just the fact that they were Japs.

This is War people, you have to start entering the reality of the situation.

I don't think he should shut it down, because then they would be on U.S. ground or in a foreign nation. If they are on U.S. ground and escape then they would be on the loose here in America. If they are in a foreign nation and if that nation support's terrorism then they could let the person go to weak havoc on the world again.

Torture is terrible, and I don't think anyone likes it or supports it... but heres a question. Your two kids are going to die in 3 hours because of x person, and you know he is going to kill them, and he says he'll do it, but you can stop it if he talks?

This is an extremely complex situation. Almost all of the people in Guantanamo Bay were captured "on the military field," and the rest were apprehended trying to pursue acts of terror on American soil and were not citizens. As sad as it is, these people have no rights. Geneva created a way for them to have rights, a way that would ensure death for the least number of innocent people: the uniformed soldier. By donning the uniform, you are given certain legal rights, because you are agreeing to protect the lives of innocent people.

These people purposely forfeited the rights granted them in Geneva. There are no laws protecting them.

Do I support torture? not really.

Oh, and humiliation isn't torture. We need to make sure to define our terms.

No they are trying to kill us.By law they are not solders but terrorists and if it is shut down then they must be taken to America were we cant make them talk due to the fifth amendment.

I don't want the terrorist in a prison in my state, NY sure doesn't want the trials in their state, we cant just let them go to fight and kill American soldiers again we need to keep it open and Obama knows it! another broken promise for the left.

Keep it running, what are there chances of escaping from there... NONE, there on a friggen island and that is where they should hold all there trials ! I f we let these sorry bastards go, they will just be planting more attacks and planting more IED's to kill our boys. PERIOD

63 prisoners returned to Iraq and once again killed American service men. So unless your a Muslim Jihad terrorist this is the only answer an American could give. How do they treat their POW's? Oh, that's right they behead, mutilate and kill them. The only way I could see shutting it down would be line them all up against the wall and let loose with a .50 cal. A MUCH MORE HUMANE WAY TO DIE.

Nothing anyone of you have said holds a candle to what they have done to Americans taken prisoner. As the 9 Army women found in the Baghdad dumps cut from ear to ear.

We need to keep it open or else what would we do with the terrorists?