I am not saying they are mistaken, only that the US hasn't a leg to stand on to demand anything of Cuba. America needs to deal with the cancer that is Gitmo and then can offer suggestions to other nations. Demands don't work anymore.
"the cancer that is Gitmo"
I've long held that Gitmo is an imperfect solution for an imperfect world, and is the best of available options for these enemy combatants, which, if I recall, was a term that had to be created to best describe the ardent Militant Islamic Fundamentalists which are being held there.
What would be the better solution that you'd propose?
We know that just turning these detainees lose isn't the best, as there's a recidivism rate of around 30% or more (returning to the battle field to kill some more)
We know that turning these detainees over to their country of origin isn't an option, as these countries don't want them and / or can't reliable incarcerate them (end up returning to the fight).
We know that turning these detainees over to the the country that they were apprehended in isn't an option, as these countries don't want them and / or can't reliable incarcerate them (end up returning to the fight).
We know that turning them over to CIA black sites isn't an option, as this comes with a wealth of legally questionable and morally questionable issues.
We know that trying them in US criminal courts isn't a realistic or viable option due to cost, time, resources required, and it just turns into a show trial with the usual media conflagration, and is probably inappropriate for the situation, being more a military matter rather than a criminal matter, and why should the US tax payer be burdened with the expense of keeping them in such federal facilities? And to top that off, why would we want these radicals to spread their radicalism throughout the US prison population? Essentially infecting those that they are responsible with an even greater anti social and dangerous ideas?
So what do you propose? What's your solution for Gitmo?
I still see Gitmo as an imperfect solution for an imperfect world, and is the best of available options for these enemy combatants.