Obama has put his project to restore the US image in the West into action, less than a week after election. He's announced that he'll order the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility as soon as he is sworn in. The move will almost certainly help Bush in negotiations with Iraq. There remains a 3-week gap between the end of the UN Mandate for US presence in Iraq and Obama's first day in office, which means they won't be able to make the pact with him--but knowing he'll be around is likely to soften the edge on the negotiations a bit.
Worries from the right that things will get too soft are, of course, worth thinking about.
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hopefully they'll think of something more reasonable than the criminal justice system for potential terrorists
as much as i hates the gitmoz, it's kind of occupying an important niche. maybe obama will turn it into something exciting in CUBA though
It could become a vacation spot!
Museum of Tolerance, Cuba?
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