] If you want to appreciate how corrosive Guantánamo has
] become for America's standing abroad, don't read the Arab
] press. Don't read the Pakistani press. Don't read the
] Afghan press. Hop over here to London or go online and
] just read the British press! See what our closest allies
] are saying about Gitmo. And when you get done with that,
] read the Australian press and the Canadian press and the
] German press.

] Husain Haqqani, a thoughtful Pakistani scholar now
] teaching at Boston University, remarked to me: "When
] people like myself say American values must be emulated
] and America is a bastion of freedom, we get Guantánamo
] Bay thrown in our faces. When we talk about the America
] of Jefferson and Hamilton, people back home say to us:
] 'That is not the America we are dealing with. We are
] dealing with the America of imprisonment without trial.'"

Friedman is pissed about Guantánamo Bay. Enjoy your NYT Op-Ed while you still can..

Just Shut It Down - New York Times