The war on terror has been an on going war in the United States since September 11, 2001. Who could ever forget the day when our nation was placed under attack? Since that day we have been actively fighting terrorist organizations in the hope that we could prevent another act of terror. Guantanamo bay was established in January 2002. It was established in order to detain extraordinary dangerous people and terrorists. President Obama over the years has begun the process of releasing detainees from Guantanamo in order to shut it down. In May 21, 2009 Obama said “let me repeat I am not going to release people who endanger the American people” though he meant well I think that this is a huge mistake in the Obama administration. We as a Nation have gone billions of dollars in debt to catch these people and it angers me that we have been in war since 2001, attempting to capture terrorist and terrorist leaders and when we finally catch them we release them with a slap on the hand. On October 30, 2014 Fox News wrote an article Titled “Former Guantanamo detainees suspected of joining ISIS, other groups inSyria.” The article has some startling news they say that out of 620 of the detainees we have released 180 have returned to there terrorist organizations and are expected to return to the battlefield. This article helps The point I’m trying to make. Closing Guantanamo bay is a huge mistake. I feel that by closing Guantanamo bay we as Americans are asking for another event like 9/11 to happen and when the nation finally realizes it will be too late.