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Gitmo is part of our military - as Commander in Chief, Obama can close Gitmo with a telephone call.

To prove this assertion - President Bush opened up Gitmo based on his role as Commander in Chief and didn't need to involve Congress.

That proof attempt fails, because opening and closing are fundamentally different. To close, you have to find something to do with almost 200 occupants, many of home will not be allowed by their home countries to return. This problem does not arise on opening.

Don't promise something you can't deliver.

Ok, but wasn't that like 6 years too late?

He was blocked from the get-go. I'm not sure what you mean.