I'm with you. Let's give them a speedy trial and either string them up or let 'em swim back to where they came from. BTW, welcome to the Forum.bayou_chl wrote:Closing GITMO is the right thing to do. For those who understand the guarantee of due process granted in the US Constitution the decision is simple. Persons who will freely abandon any of their rights for the illusion of safety are opening the door for stripping away rights they do not wish to abandon. The only hard decision is where to send them. I am in no way advocating that the be released to their native countries, that would be plain nuts!!! I am all for natural life sentences after a speedy trial.
We must not let the Terrorists win. They want us to live in a state of fear and paranoia. Judging by the comments I have read so far, they are winning. I will not live in a state of fear because someone who lives across the ocean thinks my life is an abomination and western civilization should be eradicated.
This country has dealt with terrorists since its inception and this situation is no different. Every generation has dealt with a group of people who want to terminate our existence for one reason or another and none have been victorious. Islamic extremist are no different than the past threats. This country will stand strong, defend itself, and conquer the threat.
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Re: GITMO
Folk,
I hate to tell y'all this but shutting down Gitmo will not alter the way the jihadists or our other enemies think about us. If anything, they will take it as a sign of weakness (praise Allah) on the part of the infidels (us) and plot more ways to kill the great satan (also us). As far as the jhadists are concerned, we should help them reach paradise - immediately. We should never ever again enter a war that we do not intend to win and win unequivocably.
Shutting down Gitmo is an effort to salve our collective guilty conscience and show the civilized world (as we see it) that America is a bunch of civilized good guys who don't/won't sink to the level of the terrorists who kill civilians, bomb schools and buses, etc. and televise beheadings to achieve its mission. IMHO, shutting down Gitmo ain't gonna' change nobody's mind about much of nothing. It's a 'feel good thing' brought on by the Bush hating liberal left wing of the democratic party and its media lap dogs. Coincidentally, Gitmo's time has passed.
Whooee! I can't believe this Republican said this. But said, Gitmo should be shut down because we are Americans and we must act as a civilized society with human values and a nation with a constitution and a sense of fair play for all - whether they deserve it or not. If a government can put, and keep, anyone in prison without due course, it can put, and keep, everyone in prison without due course. I don't want to be next, do you?
We have trying times ahead of us, God Help America
I hate to tell y'all this but shutting down Gitmo will not alter the way the jihadists or our other enemies think about us. If anything, they will take it as a sign of weakness (praise Allah) on the part of the infidels (us) and plot more ways to kill the great satan (also us). As far as the jhadists are concerned, we should help them reach paradise - immediately. We should never ever again enter a war that we do not intend to win and win unequivocably.
Shutting down Gitmo is an effort to salve our collective guilty conscience and show the civilized world (as we see it) that America is a bunch of civilized good guys who don't/won't sink to the level of the terrorists who kill civilians, bomb schools and buses, etc. and televise beheadings to achieve its mission. IMHO, shutting down Gitmo ain't gonna' change nobody's mind about much of nothing. It's a 'feel good thing' brought on by the Bush hating liberal left wing of the democratic party and its media lap dogs. Coincidentally, Gitmo's time has passed.
Whooee! I can't believe this Republican said this. But said, Gitmo should be shut down because we are Americans and we must act as a civilized society with human values and a nation with a constitution and a sense of fair play for all - whether they deserve it or not. If a government can put, and keep, anyone in prison without due course, it can put, and keep, everyone in prison without due course. I don't want to be next, do you?
We have trying times ahead of us, God Help America
Re: GITMO
As long as it is terrorists being incarcerated forever without due course, that's fine with me. When it comes to incarcerating me or mine without due course, that is very wrong and un-American. 
Y'all get it?
Y'all get it?