Will: ‘No Empirical Evidence’ that Gitmo Creates Terrorists

The Obama administration faces “an uphill climb” trying to convince the public that the Guantanamo Bay detention center needs to be closed, says columnist George Will.

“The administration’s two arguments are passing strange,” Will explained, appearing on Fox News Sunday. “One is that it’s expensive. Whatever it costs it’s a rounding error on the GM bailout; I mean, it’s nothing in terms of the federal budget.”

“Then there is the idea that Gitmo is a recruiting tool for terrorists. As I recall, the U.S.S. Cole was attacked before Gitmo was opened; the World Trade Center was attacked twice before Gitmo was opened. There’s no empirical evidence, let alone plausible assumption, that people are becoming terrorists because of Gitmo.”