wantedthefirstaccount@lemmy.world to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoWhat 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 days agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareultranaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·13 days agoExpending 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.
minus-squaresakodak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down9·13 days agoOr, more succinctly, it was inconvenient. Also, imperialism.
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.
Or, more succinctly, it was inconvenient.
Also, imperialism.