Guantanamo Bay!?

So apparently the Guantanamo Bay prison complex is still open.  And I think this is a good thing.  While I understand people's view that it has become a symbol with respect to the waterboarding happening there I would like to keep it open.  For those who do not know, people considered waterboarding, which simulates drowning, a form of torture.  Now we could put the people housed there in mainland U.S. prisons as we already house domestic and international terrorists in both State and Federal prisons in the United States, but these individuals are prisoners of a form of warfare which has yet in my opinion to be truly understood.  We exist in a world today where small terror groups can actually topple nations, and it is just those type of people who are being held in Guantanamo Bay Cuba (the part we own).  It functions as a prison for these enemy combatants that have been apprehended on the battlefield or are under suspicion of being collaborators or terrorists themselves.  Some are U.S. citizens and others are foreign nationals.  Truth be told, while I want transparency with respect to what goes on there, I think a facility like this is needed.  Not to mention the fact that if not this facility another one will be made somewhere else out of the public eye where worse things than waterboarding can possible occur.  As such, by keeping it open and monitored by the public we can ensure no torture actually takes place, or if it does take place that it is warranted beyond a reasonable doubt. 

Final Thought:  I had nearly forgotten about Guantanamo bay.  Reason being was that the incident was so long ago and no other such incidents have occurred since to my knowledge.  So the CIA/Military have been on their best behavior, or should I say the real truth, they are following orders.  They followed orders when they performed the act of waterboarding and now they follow the order saying that it is not allowed.  Basically they follow orders, and it is the government's fault when our military is made to look bad with respect to the issue of torture.  People are forgetful save the people who have a passion for something like getting this prison shut down.  But, with lives of terrorists so finite, and the world's attention span so short, it is not a symbol of torture, but a symbol of what happens when government goes too far to protect us.  Don't shut it down, for it is the embodiment of a lesson that needed to be learned by my country, The United States.