Guantanamo Bay has become, rightly or wrongly, an unpopular symbol in the eyes of the world. A recent poll, I forget where I saw it, suggests (and I really do hate polls) over 2/3 of Americans don't want Gitmo shut down.
Obama has already said he will close it down within one-year (from January 2009 I believe). Has he pushed himself into a corner? He has admitted that there remain dangerous people at Gitmo. Would he close it down even if a clear majority of Americans don't want the President to? And what are his alternatives if he closes it? You can't just "shut the bitch" down so to speak.
Instead of making promises that may be too complex to keep (politics is fluid), he may be better off dancing like a butterfly and sting like a bee.
Once you are in power you realise that you just can not do all you thought you could. Reality has a way of getting at you. Anyone who has been in management with a change things agenda knows that...and Obama a former community worker should have known that.
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