Pentagon: Gitmo Meets Standards of Geneva Convention
Via Hot Air comes the news that the military review ordered by President Barack Obama found that Guantanamo Bay meets the standards of the Geneva Conventions. It’s important news in the debate about whether or not Gitmo should be closed and whether the prison camp was in breach with international law.
The military now says now. If the findings are accurate, the report will make it more difficult for Obama to close the hotly debated prison camp if no alternative way is found to deal with its prisoners.
It is good news, of course. We do have to wonder, though, whether it means that Obama should not close Gitmo at all. After all, whether it meets the standards of the Geneva Convention or not, it has done terrible damage to America’s image abroad.
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On the contrary, the main stream liberal media did much damage to America’s reputation. GITMO had nothing to with it. Good luck arguing it was all GWB now.
Even assuming that the Pentagon report accurately assesses conditions at Gitmo at the present time, US credibility on the subject has been lost so thoroughly that it can no longer be restored by a governmental report of any kind. Trust in our government has been too badly damaged.
Gitmo stands as the symbol for everything that went wrong in handling detainees, so the only way to restore trust on this subject if to turn the page by removing the symbol.
“Everything’s fine in the hen house.” – Fox