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Originally Posted by solemnclockwork
OK so Gitmo constitute torture, the only thing that is even controversial is water boarding, which was only done to a very few number of people. Umm, there prisoners of war fellow, they would go back to kill Americans if we let them go. Secondly there where criminal cases being processed there, but because Obama wanted to close it without thinking that causes those cases to be dropped (to be picked up at a later date) which has very serious impacts that can lead to some terrorists going free. There are cases for people going free, thus the system did work. Iraq, he would not admit the surge worked, which by the way does not give him the credit to ask for an surge in Afghanistan when you would not admit to being wrong about the first surge.
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What are you talking about? Gitmo violated international law and the spirit of the United States Constitution. It wasn't just about torture.