"An institution like Guantanamo can and should not exist in the longer term," "Different ways and means must be found for dealing with these prisoners."
That´s what Merkel said. What´s "in the longer term"? Merkel also made clear that it´s your job to find other ways. She doesn´t say "close it now!"
I fear the Chancellor has fallen prey to that 'we're past violence' mindset. You know, the 'we don't wage war anymore because our society has found better ways to solve problems'. Well, that's fine on paper, but in real life it will get you killed as quick as a wink. Ask Theo VanGogh. These terrorists are free to travel through the EU, no papers, no nothing. More and more of them are emigrating from the Middle East and Africa every single day. Millions of them already there, having many, many children...a deliberate policy to overwhelm the local population. Spain's building a wall, and not because she wants to keep Spaniards in. Germans are leaving Germany, not simply to find higher paying jobs overseas, but to escape Muslim violence already well underway in Sweden and France. And just the other day, New Zealand announced that being born in NZ doesn't automatically make you a Kiwi and grant you citizenship. They're reading the tea leaves.