Gitmo is un-American. If we are better than they are we must behave that way and respect basic human rights such as due process. Indefinite detention without charges is not the American way, nor should we ever want it to be.
If we believe human beings must be treated with a baseline of dignity as our founding documents, laws, and treaties to which we have agreed claim, then we need to walk the walk. That is an inherent part of the way of life we are fighting to maintain. If we lose our cultural inheritance, the enemy wins.
Says the newbie self righteous “we are better than that”.
First off— these are not citizens, they are classified as
“Enemy combatants”. You savvy that? They are enemy combatants in a..... war. They meet criterion under the Geneva Convention— of which, by the way, al-Qaeda is not a signatory.
They are therefore just like those who advance the civilian war in WWII. Terrorists IOW.
Gitmo is very American. You might make an argument that “rendtion” pushed the limits. But gitmo is a f’n country club. And it is no longer a rallying point for the jihad. They have that in abundance from their mullahs, without our help.
While we are on the subject of human dignity, please define the continuing group beheadings, shootings and blowing to smithereens with buried bombs.... of “apostates” by the ISIS continuing partnership of al-qaeda conducts. Without benefit of trial or consideration of human dignity or rights.
No, the standard is... kill them. Because they have fatwas that say they may kill us because scripture says they can.
About which, see... and READ about Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates. These are the same people— who want to bring the world into the 6th century.