jameslkent@lemmy.sdf.orgtochapotraphouse@hexbear.net•Can any of you liberals explain to me why democrats never closed down Gitmo and turned it over to the Cuban people?English
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1 day agoI seem to recall there were two major issues regarding Gitmo. The desire to shut it down was real, but the first problem was figuring out where to transfer all the “prisoners of war” to. No federal or international institutions wanted them. Second, the cost of litigation for all the potential claims of improper detention skyrocket when you release long term prisoners without due process. What Obama found out was that the cost of maintaining a black prison for undesirables was much cheaper than the liability incurred by shutting it down and finding now homes/outcomes for the inmates. Sunk cost fallacy.
I told a high school buddy that nipple skin was the same as lip skin and that when you look at a woman’s lips it is the same skin as their nipples. He froze and stared off into the distance for a long while.