[AVGWarhawk]

And more scratches in the varnish.

Not at all, there needs to be a reasonable plan. There is no plan at all.

Now this no-win-situation is the result of trying to bypass the legal system during the Bush era.

Hardly, just stating to close it down without a plan was not to bright and from the looks of it...Congress agrees it was not to bright to state that.

The only thing that really angers me here is that there have been demands that european nations should take in these prisoners that america refuses to let onto its soil. Very nice, thank you but not thanks at all.

I missed that one...can you provide a link?

There have been prisoners who have been relased, and of these some obviously have been innocent. I expect that amongst those still there also are some innocent ones. A possible move will be to move the prisoners away from Guantanamo, to Baghram (Afghanistan), where again it wouldn't be needed to prove their guilt according to usual legal standards. Indeed, for these people, Baghram would be even worse.

If Obama does not solve this issue after all those promises, it will backfire against America's reputation again for a second time, and this time twice as hard than under Bush.

Some innocents still left? Perhaps. So instead of Baghram we should send them to say, the Bahamas? Much nicer there. Three hots and a cot near the beach? Sweet! Anything else?