Torture

This past week President Obama started the process of closing Guantanamo Bay prison. This black hole was created by the Bush administration to hold "enemy combatants." Rather than deal with them, they were put here so that someone else would have to deal with them. Also, there were CIA run areas in foreign countries for the sole purpose of torture. I feel that this torture was the product of the frustration that the Bush administration had with religious groups they did not understand. It would have been better for president Bush to better understand the culture of the Afghans and the Iraqis before invasion. Now I hear that President Obama's declaration that we will not torture will lead to more attacks. Through this whole debate I can't get one phrase out of my mind. "Treat others as you would want to be treated."