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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 08:21 PM Original message |
Closing Guantanamo: A bloody mess |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. One of PE Obama's first priorities, thankfully. nt |
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GrizzlyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. Actually, it can be quite simple |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Unfortunately... |
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GrizzlyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Perhaps, but I doubt it |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. There was an thread earlier today on DU... |
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But.... (656 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Exactly... |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It may not be that simple. If they weren't terrorists when they went in, |
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GrizzlyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. You are presuming BushCo got it right when they detained them |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. You are right. Those are just two excuses the State Department gives |
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Every Man A King (534 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Should have thought about that before they were arrested. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. You can't imprison somebody for a crime that they might commit |
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tkayj (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. And then you have... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Better to make them all Secret Service agents and put them in charge of protecting ex-president Bush |
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democraticco12 (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. They are even detaining juveniles there |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. We keep forgetting that. It's been known since 2004 or so. |
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MikeNearMcChord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. Just close the damn place, give reparations to the prisoners |
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mikehiggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. Lets pray they aren't all killed "attempting to escape" |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. "It is our mess and we need to own up to it." |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. Those who were captured on the battlefield should be treated as prisoners of war |
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GrizzlyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yeah, they said the same thing about McVeigh |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. The guy also rhetorically asked the Senators if they would like a terrorist prison in their backyard |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. Turn Guantanamo into a healing place, run by Cuban doctors, where the former |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I like your idea. |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. "they were able to use 'socialist' as an insult..."--yeah, but it didn't go over very well, |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 05:01 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Turn It Into an Historical Tourist Site, Like Those Nazi Death Camps |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
19. * can pardon all of the torturers he wants the Hague can still |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. Yes, a wicked mess but... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:15 AM Response to Original message |
26. Start at $500,000 and an offer to join the Witness Protection Program |
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