@wantedthefirstaccount to AskHistoriansEnglish • 12 days agoWhat exactly was the reason President Obama could not close Guantanamo Bay?message-square5arrow-up123arrow-down11
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareWhat exactly was the reason President Obama could not close Guantanamo Bay?@wantedthefirstaccount to AskHistoriansEnglish • 12 days agomessage-square5
minus-square@ultranautlinkEnglish13•12 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-square@sakodaklinkEnglish-5•12 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.