I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the headlines during Obama’s first week in office that said he had signed an executive order to close the Liberty-destroying Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility. Then I read the news and it was a closure within a year–I got more skeptical.

I don’t know how long it takes to close down an illegal detention facility. I have never run one. I did not and do not expect real change from Obama. He has been doing more of the same since he stepped into the White House.

Now that Attorney General Holder says that closing Gitmo will be difficult, I’m even more skeptical of its closure. The executive order to close Gitmo feels more like a dog and pony show than anything real.

Holder called Guantanamo “a well-run, professional facility”. I’m pretty sure treating people as criminals without due process and without any evidence makes it poorly run and unprofessional. Unless we are talking about a well run internment camp used for the torturing of human beings.

I made a bet with a German fellow about Gitmo. He said Obama would close it down in his first week. I said, no way. So who is right? We bet a beer–I want the beer.

By Tommy Leung

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