What exactly was the reason President Obama could not close Guantanamo Bay? (lemmy.world)

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[-] ultranaut@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

Expending the political capital necessary to push it through would have consumed his presidency in the process. It was a matter of priorities within the political reality of the era.

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[-] sakodak@lemmy.world -5 points 3 weeks ago

Or, more succinctly, it was inconvenient.

Also, imperialism.

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