Gitmo remains open

[Skybird]

And more scratches in the varnish.

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

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.

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.