Should Guantanamo be closed? MSNBC poll. Let's flip these numbers!

[Amaryllis]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8358040#survey

Should the U.S. keep the Guantanamo detention facilty open, or close it?

* 9399 responses

Keep it open. 49%

Close it. 48%

Not sure. 3%

[goclark]

1. Kick it and vote still close!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. kick

numbers still the same

[Lerkfish]

3. I'm perplexed ANYONE would want to keep it open...

even if you're a gung ho republican, they've admitted we've gotten NO useful intelligence from it.

[Vincardog]

4. Staying the same

* 9421 responses


Keep it open. 49%

Close it. 48%

Not sure. 3%

[scottxyz]

5. The question may be a bit simplistic

It might be ok to have a prison where people believed to be "terrorists" are held.

But they should not be tortured there. They should be held until their trials, and treated in accordance with international law governing POWs.

So maybe the question should read...

Prisoners at Guantanamo should be:

(a) tortured.

(b) put on trial.

I think in this case you would see over 90% supporting "put on trial".

[Contrary1]

6. Closing it accomplishes nothing , in my opinion.

They will just move the "terrorists" to a more obscure location.
Besides costing us millions more, it would take the spotlight
off how the US treats their prisoners.

I think that would be making yet another huge mistake.

[Amaryllis]

19. you have a point there; closing it may be just treating a symptom

[POAS]

7. 9480 and still 49 to 48

[moobu2]

8. * 9478 responses

* 9478 responses


Keep it open.
49%

Close it.
48%

Not sure.
3%

[gademocrat7]

9. Just voted.still 49% open 48% close

[Imalittleteapot]

10. Now 49 - 49.

[kansasblue]

11. come on! * 9539 responses 49/49

[LeftCoast]

13. Now that's interesting...you and I got the same # of respondants

o_O

[LeftCoast]

12. 49/49/3 - 9539 responses

Should the U.S. keep the Guantanamo detention facilty open, or close it?
9539 responses

Keep it open. 49%
Close it. 49%
Not sure. 3%

[Gothmog]

14. done

close it 49%

[rndmprsn]

15. 48/49/3 tide is turning

[peacetalksforall]

16. I can't vote for closing it - the prisoners will just be moved - Diego

Garcia island or Georgia or Egypt? The poll and the positions are all wrong. It's not the geography. It's the torture and torment. Geography means nothing except that it could be even worse somewhere else.

No to closing it - how many inspectors are going to fly to or get into some other more remote prison in the Indian Ocean or another ocean or a closed country - closed by virtue of the games that are played in telling truth?

Guantanamo is our NAVY. Makes a big difference. Keep it open and try to get ALL THE INNOCENTS out of there.

[realcountrymusic]

17. kick eom

[Eric J in MN]

18. voted close it (nt)

nt

[Blue_In_AK]

20. 47 keep it open; 50 close it n/t

[LightningFlash]

21. Close it 50%, keep open 47%

[Bride of Cthulhu]

22. done

n/t

[Pachamama]

23. Done - 50% to Close it 3% Unsure...n/t

[Alizaryn]

24. done

[NVMojo]

25. Done and kick!