Posted on 12/03/2008 8:54:34 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The men in Guantánamo represent fewer than 1% of the 27,000 prisoners being held by the US beyond the rule of law, says Clive Stafford Smith.
In mid-2007 my mother sent me a George Bush Countdown Calendar. I have been tearing off the leaves, each with its quote from George W. That happy occasion, the final page, comes on January 20 2009.
Happy for most in Guantánamo Bay, that is. The people remaining there find themselves in three groups - some 40 who will be taken to the US for a trial (somewhat fairer, at least, than the current military commissions); 150 will simply go home (at last); and a final 60 refugees, many long since cleared for release, must hope that Obama spends some of his political capital to find them an asylum state.
Yet the justifiable joy at Obama's ascendancy must be tempered with the knowledge that Guantánamo always has been a diversionary tactic in the "war on terror". The 250 men there represent fewer than 1% of the 27,000 prisoners being held by the US beyond the rule of law. There is a reason why most people have never heard of the plight of these unfortunates - they are ghost prisoners in secret prisons.
Obama has yet to speak of the missing 99.1%. It is not clear how much he even knows about them. With America at war in two countries, new captives are being taken every day. They aren't coming to Cuba, so where are they being held?
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
It is because of idiots like this that the U.K. children are now celebrating Eid in school instead of Christmas. Hard to feel sorry for them when their own leftist ideas have brought all of this on themselves.
>> They aren’t coming to Cuba, so where are they being held?
Held? (laughter at back while jihadists dance with 72 virgins)
Yes, these released terrorists will certainly kill someone after they’re released. I pray that they kill their cheerleaders, including this author, rather than our soldiers or innocent civilians.
Implying that the military commission is somehow unfair? Just what is this whack-job basing that on? Captured in a war zone out of uniform they are lucky they were not shot on site as spies.
Which two countries are those, Dhimmi?
Afghanistan and Iraq both have legally elected governments who are allied with the US and with Britain.
Leftist and Dhimmi: a terrible mix.
“Captured in a war zone out of uniform they are lucky they were not shot on site as spies”
I am sure the new terrorists that are unlucky enough to come up against the US Military will be wishing they would get a chance to vacation at Gitmo.
Hey Clive, how about we settle the 40 and the “Top” 25% of the others, representing the baddest dudes, in your neighborhood?
I can only hope that eventually Clive gets to live in the kind of world he envisions, without the rest of us being subjected to it.
Where does it say the 72 virgins are going to be female?
Talk about having a bad day ...
Patriot Microchip
To be implanted in Collectivists, Socialists, Communists and other enemies of the Republic including various Islamic Jihadist groups.
When properly done will allow the implantee to speak to God instantly.
Thanks, I needed a good laugh!
I sincerely hope the Author is not a descendant of John Stafford Smith..
What will the idiot journalists have to write about when the anointed one gets sworn in?
“and a final 60 refugees, many long since cleared for release, must hope that Obama spends some of his political capital to find them an asylum state.”
Well, Clive, I guess the U.S. is out as an asylum state. Settling these “refugees” in this rogue state would put them outside the shield of international law. And to send them back to their middle east home countries, even if they were to accept these refugees, would be putting them in danger of imprisonment or worse.
Hey, how about the U.K.? There, Clive and his mother, or at least the the UK legal action charity, could care for these “refugees” while they await the arrival of their 27000 “ghost prisoner” brethren to your asylum state where they can take advantage of their free health care while bringing tens of thousands of new patients into the system.
Clive Stafford Smith is an enemy of the US.
I spent a year at GTMO and he was the most despised individual to ever grace the Island.
Can’t say much more, but shit hits whatever this guy touches.
Got luck with this Guy Obama! Oh maybe he’s kinda like you?
Idiot is right. The British have a knack for breeding leftists who are also stupid.
Most of the prisoners are being held in prisoner of war camps, jails, etc. in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the prisons are run by the locals.
I visted VC and No. Vietnamese defectors in So. Vietnam and saw No. Vietnamese POWS (in purples jumpsuits) cleaning up the brush outside of the Pleiku War Museum.
Also met and interviewed NVA POWS in Cambodia. Anyone can find them of they look.
This guy is a clown and a fool and our enemy.
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