Close Guantanamo

There are several, empty, Super-Max prisons we could be using instead of the politically charged  one at Guantanamo Bay.  (Photo/JournalAdvocate.com)

Detainees who we are holding at Guantanamo -

There because, right now, there's no where else for them to go -

Have been on a hunger strike and some would now be dead

If there weren't orders they be medically force-fed.

That's another violation of their human rights

As they seek to bring the world's attention to their plights.

Hunger strike is spreading; there's one hundred on it now.

Have to find a way to solve the situation.  How?

Start by sending home the men who we've already cleared.

They are not the radicals that everybody feared...

Or, at least, they will not be 'cause, after what they've seen,

They have ample motive now to keep their noses clean.

Then we have to close Guantanamo - and, right away.

Something that the Congress should accomplish yesterday.

It's become a symbol; Abu Ghraib on Cuba's shore.

Since that doesn't make us any safer, what's it for?

Race for the White House - Guantanamo Bay

Photo credit: Associated Press

 Some folks say Obama lied; they say he broke his word.

Didn't close Guantanamo - I think that that's absurd.

Every time he tried to shut it down he faced attacks.

Congress wouldn't let him move it to a Super Max.

But the hardest job right now, for military men,

Is the JAG's who has to step into the lion's den

And provide a strong defense for guys the CIA

Have detained, while classifying everything they say.

Have to give a trial that's fair to every detainee

O.B.L. is dead and gone - they buried him at sea.

Anything that these guys know is old, outdated stuff.

Give the JAG Corps guys a break; their job is tough enough.