Graph showing how Democratic support for closing Guantanamo changed after Obama backed off

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119. Who said no country will take them? Some countries have been demanding the return of their

citizens since the day that vile place came into existence. And IF no country would take them, then WE have an obligation to place them in decent housing and pay them compensation for the wrong that was done to them.

That place is a stain on this country and has attracted worldwide condemnation, and rightfully so. We are always the first to condemn other countries, but now when our State Dept attempts to try to condemn other countries for torture and illegal detentions, we are told, as China did among others, to 'mind our own business'. We have lost any moral authority we once had, no one listens to the US on moral issues anymore. All they have to do is to point to Abu Ghraib, Guantanimo, Bagram and our other 'secret detention centers'.

One day, hopefully soon, this period of our history will end, and those who did not speak out against these horrific crimes will not be treated kindly by history. It isn't the first time excuses were made for human rights abuses. People need to reflect on how they want to be viewed a few decades from now.