[body_image width='1450' height='1000' path='images/content-images/2014/11/09/' crop='images/content-images-crops/2014/11/09/' filename='obama-and-bush-guantanamo-bay-673-body-image-1415564172.jpg' id='2338'] (Photo by Anwar Amro courtesy of AFP/Getty Images) In the early days of Barack Obama's presidency, the Democrat was cast as a cool, compassionate saviour; a constitutional lawyer who would cut through the darkness surrounding Guantánamo Bay and bring an end to America's shame. George W. Bush had proclaimed he had the power to indefinitely detain suspected terrorists captured after 9/11 without charge or trial. Obama though suggested that Bush's detention policies and executive power grab were unlawful. He vowed to reverse them. Bush said establishing Guantánamo was "necessary," but acknowledged toward...
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