the issue in regard to al queda and the geneva convention on treatment of prisioners was a result of the bush administration decision to not apply those standards to al queda. if the bush administration followed the convention and applied the rules to al queda there isn't any argument.
guantanamo itself isn't the issue, just as the use of bagram isn't the issue. if there are people in custody there must be a facility to place them.
the issue is how these people are handled, keeping them for years and years without any charges nor trials is what causes the "outrage" you speak of.
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