More detainees released

[Winehole23]

Amazing what can be done with a few boxcutters...

We're basically cringing cowards who prize safety over liberty and traditional republican government. Osama Bin Laden has exposed our yellow streak.

[Winehole23]

yeah, they were just on the battlefield cleaning it up. they were trying to kill our soldiers

the guys we nabbed in Sarajevo were not on any recognizable battlefield, and I think we ended up freeing like, three out of the four guys detained, as having no bearing whatsoever on our war against terror.

The 500 out of 8oo or so prisoners already released from Gitmo without charges of any kind strongly suggests we overincarcerated to begin with there.

[LnGrrrR]

our system isn't perfect, we are a work in progress, but I envision a day when we can just toast these assholes right on the battlefield and be done with it.

Assuming they are actually found on a 'battlefield'... we can do that.

However, when you detain someone, you have certain moral and legal obligations.

We allow kills on a battlefield because, by its nature, it is inherently chaotic. You're not going to ask a person shooting you for an ID. However, once the threat of harm/injury is removed, then the immediate need to kill is also removed.

[PEP]

Lets hope they are innocent and dont return to the battlefield like these winners.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...rned_to_battle

Doesnt really matter to me, wasnt there an administration back in WWII that imprisoned thousands of their own innocent citizens?

[boutons_deux]

"dont return to the battlefield like these winners."

who said they were on the battlefield originally?

And what's illegal, US laws apply in foreign countries?, about local people battling invaders?

[hope4dopes]

Assuming they are actually found on a 'battlefield'... we can do that.

However, when you detain someone, you have certain moral and legal obligations.

We allow kills on a battlefield because, by its nature, it is inherently chaotic. You're not going to ask a person shooting you for an ID. However, once the threat of harm/injury is removed, then the immediate need to kill is also removed.

Hey dude I totally agree I'm sure that a Yemeni heavy metal band on it's way to play a wedding gig took a wrong turn and found themselves in the middle of an afgani battlefield. or some sudanese soccer team through miscommunication got dumped in afghanistan instead of Omaha. I mean we've all been there...I remember I took a wrong turn in Albuquerque once and the next thing I knew I was dodging bullets in Kosovo.

[LnGrrrR]

Hey dude I totally agree I'm sure that a Yemeni heavy metal band on it's way to play a wedding gig took a wrong turn and found themselves in the middle of an afgani battlefield. or some sudanese soccer team through miscommunication got dumped in afghanistan instead of Omaha. I mean we've all been there...I remember I took a wrong turn in Albuquerque once and the next thing I knew I was dodging bullets in Kosovo.

Thanks for being facetious! It really helps prove your point.

Did you READ the original article? The one that stated that the MAJORITY of detainees shouldn't have been imprisoned? That courts found no reason why they should be imprisoned?

[ChumpDumper]

He doesn't read anything. It wouldn't jibe with his chosen path of complete ignorance.

[LnGrrrR]

Obviously not. God forbid he actually take a moment to read the article than just spout inane rantings.

[boutons_deux]

The US has 90% of the lawyers on the planet, even assholes like Woo and Alberto "house lawyer" Gonzo, and they couldn't even get these guys into a ing military kangaroo court? LMFAO

The Repug stain on America continues to grow wider and darker.

Sodomy and Menstrual Blood will Protect America