wantedthefirstaccount@lemmy.world to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 天前What exactly was the reason President Obama could not close Guantanamo Bay?message-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down11
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareWhat exactly was the reason President Obama could not close Guantanamo Bay?wantedthefirstaccount@lemmy.world to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 天前message-square5fedilink
minus-squareMiltownClowns@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down1·13 天前There was nowhere to send the prisoners. US states wouldn’t take them, and freeing them wasn’t an option. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/obama-failed-close-guantanamo
minus-squareNotyou@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 天前I remember this being the big reason. The US didn’t want to let them go, and no state wanted to take them.
There was nowhere to send the prisoners. US states wouldn’t take them, and freeing them wasn’t an option.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/obama-failed-close-guantanamo
I remember this being the big reason. The US didn’t want to let them go, and no state wanted to take them.