Europarliament calls on US to close Guantanamo

Spain Herald ^ | February 17, 2006

[Asereje]

The European Parliament yesterday passed a resolution calling on the United States to close its detention center at its base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The vote took place after most of the Euro-MPs had left for the afternoon, and was passed by 80 votes in favor to 1 against, with one abstaining. However, the Europarliament consists of 732 members, meaning that 650 of them did not vote on the resolution. According to the text, "All the prisoners should receive treatment conforming with international humanitarian legislation, and be tried as soon as possible after a public hearing by a competent, independent, and impartial court." The text continued, "Combating terrorism can only be successful if human and civil rights are respected," before reiterating its condemnation of "all forms of torture and mistreatment."

[Asereje]

I can understand Why are they in Guantanamo and no in a US military prision? Isn't it better for the US imagine?

Why did the US government want to retain innocent people as the humanitarian agencies say?

And why everybody is so worried about human rights in Guantanamo but nobody care about what happen in the rest of the island? I mean if good to worry about human rights in everyplace but some seen to have a territorial sensivity which desappear when they enter in Cuban territory.

[SALChamps03]

The Parliament of Europe has no authority over the US.

[kb2614]

Hey, I have an idea. Let's take a page out of the Fidel Castro playbook and release the Guantanamo prisoners on too the shores of Europe. The Enlightened Euro's won't mind.

;-)

[ChadGore]

We still haven't captured Fidel.

[MaDeuce]

"The European Parliament" can bite me ... you bunch of milk-toast egg suckers.

And if we do ever release any of them, we should make sure we drop them off in Europe.

[FreedomPoster]

There was another thread on this that included the U.S.'s response letter. It was pretty eye-opening, as the UN representatives apparently didn't even visit Gitmo. Not to mention all the paragons of human rights on the UN committee.

[vimto]

The EU is a liberal socialist dream. It does not speak for me and many like me who are appalled at their foolishness.

You can expect no less from them.

[CheyennePress]

650 refuses to vote, huh? Very nice. This has nothing to do with European affairs, and it's nice to see that a vast majority of the Euros thought so, as well.

[bill1952]

I can understand Why are they in Guantanamo and no in a US military prision? Isn't it better for the US imagine?

You can understand? Then understand this:

Anyone stepping foot on American soil has the rights of the American court system, and we are not going to play that game with the terrorists, one in which we have to prove "beyond the shadow of a doubt" what their intentions were, and one in which they can claim the same rights as any American citizen.
Sorry, bub, they don't get the same rights here that I do.

Most American don't think that we should have given them the luxury of life at all, and personally, I hope they all end up dead.

It would be very likely that that would be the exact outcome of their trials here. Death sentence.
- Would that be better for your sensibilities?.

[globalheater]

I don't think your system of justice is a game or optional.

[globalheater]

Hipocrisy in the European attitude on both gitmo and the CIA prissons is hard to conseal - germany has officialy found the results of the cia interogations to be useful but condemns the methods by which these where obtained.

Now - can you have the cake and eat it ? Or better the steak without the slaughter house ?

We should get rid of gitmo ASAP - let's say after this Iran thing is cold. It's just not the way to deal with people John Wayne and Ronny Reagan fought for... (hanging is scheduled AFTER a trial - innocent 'till proven guilty etc.)

[Asereje]

Do you know the link or the title?

Thank you

[Asereje]

Thanks God

Why don't send troops here instead of to Iraq to rebuilt our European Parliament like yours.

After all, Muslims are not goint to thank you for what are you doing there.

[Asereje]

"you bunch of milk-toast egg suckers"

Hey, don't generalize.

"And if we do ever release any of them, we should make sure we drop them off in Europe"

No, thank you, nowadays we are suffering a lack of Cids, Johnnies of Austria and Charles Martel so if you don't bother put them in other place.

[Asereje]

My sensibilities are quite well thank you for your concern but I think you get my question wrong. I was not doubting about your right of doing that of this, I was only asking if it was for a judicial particular reason in doing so and also asking if putting them in US soil will be enough to get the critics be quiet.

How are your sensibilities lately?

[Just mythoughts]

We can't blame solely the Euros, we have a few high and mighty liberals who have been spending time in Euroville, that have been demanding the same thing.

[bill1952]

I don't think your system of justice is a game or optional.
The first 3 words are correct. The rest is nonsense.

You know nothing of our justice system.
And it shows.

[bill1952]

Mine are fine, and you are missing the point by a mile

We are not involving the civilian judiciary or the judicial system in this, as it undoubtably would be if we brought this trash to our homeland.

These are military matters, and the 3rd branch of our government has little say about that, and that is the way we are keeping it.

Critics of the US are typically never quiet, no matter what we do.

[FreedomPoster]

Found it, here you go:

U.N. Tells U.S. To Shut Down Cuban Prison Camp
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1580193/posts

Obviously it's the UN, vs. the EU, but the same general story.

The U.S. response letter to the UN is in post#1 on that thread.

[FreedomPoster]

"Johnnies of Austria" = Jan Sobieski?

Just verifying, and agree wholeheartedly.