Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday the Guantanamo prison camp needed to be closed because it had become "a taint" on the reputation of the United States.
Defending President Barack Obama's decision to press ahead with plans to close the controversial "war on terror" prison at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Gates said in an interview that the detention center was damaging the country's image and served as a propaganda tool for al-Qaida.
"The truth is, it's probably one of the finest prisons in the world today. But it has a taint," Gates said on NBC television's "Today" program during a visit to New York.
"The name itself is a condemnation. What the president was saying is, this will be an advertisement for al-Qaida as long as it's open," he said.
From now on we'll call it "Disneyworld Cuba". That should make the rest of the world love us.
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