Romney said he would DOUBLE gitmo.
Mr Religious saw the need to torture twice as many people.
Gitmo became a running joke in the repub primaries... which candidate loved it more?
At this point, these prisoners could receive just as much ass-whooping in secret locations (or just have trials and get it over with), and we'd score a major PR win with the world by closing the base. More symbolism than anything else.
And before anyone says "who cares what the world thinks", stop being a dumb shit. We need the world to borrow $ to buy oil. "FTW" means we starve, asshats.
(not you 2ND, just preparing for the obvious idiots that will now respond with some uneducated jingoist BS)