Obama risks legacy of unsolved issues JUST as the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay became a landmark to the uncomplicated certainties of the Bush doctrine, it could easily become a symbol for Barack Obama of the discrepancy between what he says and what he does. For George W. Bush, it was a place where the good incarcerated the evil, with little regard for international conventions or the niceties of multilateralism. For President Obama, it is "a recruitment tool for extremists," and a facility that muffles America's clarion voice on human rights.