Saturday is an anniversary worth taking note of: 12 years ago on Jan. 11 the first prisoners arrived at Guantanamo Bay. It’s still operating 5 years after the executive order that should have closed it.
Why is this important? Because its existence points to America’s hypocrisy. That is, we abhor cruelty, lack of due process, and torture when it’s done by others, yet condone it on a daily basis at one of our own prisons.
You have a few days before this anniversary. Please use them to urge President Obama to transfer most of the prisoners out of there—he has the power. Decreasing the population at Guantanamo is a large step toward its closure…and allows us to hold up our heads again in the world.