Ten Things We Can Do With Guantanamo Bay Detainees

RightConservative.com ^ | 06-12-05 | Aaron Goldstein

[RightConservative]

Since Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan’s infamously described Guantanamo Bay as the “gulag of our times” the Left has fallen all over itself in calling for Guantanamo’s closure. Never mind that millions were killed in the Soviet gulags while Guantanamo Bay holds fewer than 600 detainees. But again, as so often happens with today’s Left, why let the facts get in the way of a good sound bite.

Over the past week, former President Jimmy Carter, Democratic Senator Joe Biden, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and the New York Times have called for Guantanamo Bay to be closed.

So what happens to the detainees at Guantanamo? The aforementioned individuals and organizations are less clear. Senator Biden indicated on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos that we keep the detainees we need to keep but is vague about where the remainder should end up.

Despite the fact that President Bush dismissed Amnesty International’s charges as “absurd” he has hinted that Guantanamo’s days may be numbered. In an interview with Neil Cavuto of the Fox News Channel, Bush remarked, “Well, you know, we’re exploring all alternatives as to how best to do the main objective, which is to protect America. I mean, what we don’t want to do is let somebody out that comes back and harms us, and so we’re looking at all alternatives, and have been.”

With all due respect to the President this seems odd. If Guantanamo is to be closed on the basis that a former prisoner could harm us one could also argue that every prison in the United States should be closed because their ...

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[RightConservative]

ok then we'll make that "11 things"...

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Thank you.

[glaseatr]

Here's my top ten list.
1. Shoot Them. I need the target practice.
2. Behead Them. My baseball swing could always use some work.
3. Hang Them. Need help with the rope on this
4. Shove a grenade where the sun don't shine and pull the pin.Bad mental picture here.
5. Let me take then for a long run, tied to my bumper. Awww, didums fall down? Here let me help you get back up..with SALT
6. Pour Gasoline on them and light a match.I like fire
7. Bury them up to their necks and play football. Snap, Spot, Kick....it's good from 45 yards
8. Stone them. I wonder pitches it would take? Hey Coach, I feel great. Yeah, I know my pitch count is high but I have great command today.
9. Put them in pens with wild boars. What?? they don't like pork..the other white meat?. Too Bad!
10. Put them on an island in the Pacific and NUKE The Bastards. I'll drive the boat, brief them as to what's comming next, and push the button.

[Army Air Corps]

How 'bout taking them to a Lilith Fair concert wearing T-shirts bearing misogynistic slogans...