Some days I can't help but still believe, no matter how high the expectations are, that the Obama guy is actually gonna be one of the best things that has happened to world politics in a long time.
His decision to close down Guantanamo is, in my opinion, a very wise one. And if you don't wanna see the human rights parts of it (no one, no matter what, should be locked in without a trial), see it as the best marketing action for the US in a long time. I do understand that there are a lot of complicated things going on here but to close the base sends out a tremendous message to the world. You have no idea what a mess that place has put US reputation in if you haven't read international press the past couple of years.
And it seems like Obama also realizes that there is more than meets the eye to this. A canadian reporter quotes him saying; "We are not going to continue with a false choice between our safety and our ideals."
Simply splendid.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
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