Huh! Is this for real?
Yup...
This has nothing to do with reaching out to the Muslim world or hating America (although both might be factors later). This is election-year politics, pure and simple. Obama and the demonrats do not want to get their whacko left-wing angry at them again by holding military commissions at the still open Guantanamo Bay (EVIL, George Bush) facility until after the elections.
Forget the victims and families of the victims - most of them probably don’t vote for demonrats, anyway - keep the lefty base out of the picture so you can hold onto their campaign funds.