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What exactly was the reason President Obama could not close Guantanamo Bay? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] ultranaut@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Expending the political capital necessary to push it through would have consumed his presidency in the process. It was a matter of priorities within the political reality of the era.

[โ€“] sakodak@lemmy.world -5 points 2 months ago

Or, more succinctly, it was inconvenient.

Also, imperialism.