Whatever happened to the Guantanamo Bay promise?

Looking back on President Obama’s presidential campaign, he made many promises to the public. One major promise that has yet to be fulfilled is shutting down Guantanamo Bay. Recently, Guantanamo has been in the news due to a hunger strike, initiated by angry inmates since February. This hunger strike was meant to send a message to President Obama to follow through with his promise to shut down the controversial prison. The reason it has evaded being shut down for so long is because of the strong risks that it might pose on the American public. Congress has managed to add on to the original defense bill, which has made it more challenging to close down the facility. “Obama should muster the political courage to stand up to Congress on Guantanamo”. I disagree with the author of this article because I do not believe Guantanamo should be shut down at all. Instead of shutting down Guantanamo, it should be repurposed as a prison that abides by American law. All current and new perspective inmates, regardless of their crime, should be given a fair trial because America’s legal equality is what separates it from the enemies and the oppression in other places throughout the world.