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US transfers 15 Guantánamo detainees in largest single release under Obama

Deuce said:
"Unable to prosecute, too dangerous to release" is not a label I am comfortable having in the government's playbook.
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They arent criminals. They are POWs. You cant very well release enemies that you are at war with. You hold them till the end of the war.
 
Casper said:
A bunch of them only fought in the front lines, sorry but that does not make them terrorists it just makes them combat enemies. The US is a Nation of Laws and is supposed to stand for justice, why all of those being held have not been put on trial is a black mark on this Nation. Put them on trial, if guilty then sentence them appropriately, if not guilty send them home, period.
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What law did they break?
 
Kobie said:
Link? Or are we just making things up again?
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Now, now... are we so naive that we think these people are going home and planting organic gardens in the middle east? It's really not a question of "if" they are engaging back onto the battlefield, it's how soon and how many people they will kill.
 
j-mac said:
Ok, thanks for the video, I mistook it....He is saying try them at Gitmo....fine....I have no problem with that....do you?
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Uhhh yea. Its illegal
 
jonny5 said:
They arent criminals. They are POWs. You cant very well release enemies that you are at war with. You hold them till the end of the war.
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Then the rules regarding POWs apply to them and torture is illegal.
 
jonny5 said:
Not in a war, it isnt. The law allows for POWs to be held without trial until the conflict it over.
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Are they POW's? So by your reasoning, those caught in Iraq should simply be released? What about Afghanistan, is our war there over or do they have to wait? No, those in Cuba are there because they are suspected of being terrorists, which means put them on trial before release.
 
Deuce said:
I'm not sure we're arguing about what you think we're arguing about.
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I've looked back. I think the subject is clear. If you have a different understanding of that subject, perhaps you could put it in words.
 
Casper said:
Are they POW's? So by your reasoning, those caught in Iraq should simply be released? What about Afghanistan, is our war there over or do they have to wait? No, those in Cuba are there because they are suspected of being terrorists, which means put them on trial before release.
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Iraq yes, if they are Iraqi citizens. Afghanistan no, as we are still at war. The detainees arent just suspects, they were captured by us or allies in the war zone. Which makes them POWs.
 
Considering how Obama aggressively campaigned on the immediate closure of Guantanamo back in 2008, I'm not sure this warrants celebration.
 
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