Posted on 11/18/2008 2:14:00 PM PST by kellynla
President-elect Obama has promised to close the terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo (Gitmo) Bay, Cuba even though the alternatives are unattractive. But before he shutters that facility the new president must resolve the underlying problem that made Gitmo infamous.
The problem that torpedoed Gitmo was the government's failure to identify the appropriate means to handle captured terrorists who haven't committed a "crime" but undoubtedly would if left free to roam. To what legal process are these terror suspects entitled if they are going to be detained long-term?
Otherwise, the legal issues related to Gitmo have been resolved by three Supreme Court rulings, federal laws like the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, which enacted our long-standing policy regarding treatment of detainees, and administration policies like the Department of Defense Detainee Program that prescribes the minimum standards of care for detainees in accordance with Common Article 3 to the Geneva Conventions.
Today, Gitmo is a legally accountable and a state-of-the-art detention facility. Detainees have recreation facilities, world-class medical care, culturally appropriate meals, and their cases are reviewed annually.
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I hear the Aleutians are lovely this time of year.
We could give them a plastic fork and a thong and let them free up there.
They can bunk with Obamessiah’s mother-in-law at the Smoke House.
I agree with post #2. They guy would fit right in as a university professor. Actually, there is probably little he has to say that hasn’t already been said by english profs at every college in America. It would be hard to find any disagreement.
When you consider who’s doing the teaching in the US, its no surprise we lost the election. The surprise is if we ever win another one.
Where to put them? See post #20.
The White House is gonna be full of terrorists anyway, put ‘em in there with the rest of the Soetoro entourage.
cut ‘em loose with a month of vouchers at the Howard Johnson’s across the street from the Watergate in DC...that’ll get that Murtha moving!!!
I say drop them all off on a deserted island in the middle of the Pacific. If a terrorist-loving nation wishes to launch a rescue operation or if the perps can get off the island themselves, more power to them. At least make the SOBs work for it.
make Hyde Park Chicago a sanctuary city for terror
The Jihadbusters are having a special this month.
Drop them overboard half way to Miami and let them swim the rest of the way.
We could give them a plastic fork and a thong and let them free up there.
Hey, I like that one! (See my profile page for the reason why)
Where ya gonna put the prisoners?
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What prisoners? They were here some time ago but they’ve all disappeared...don’t know what happen to them.
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