zman117 Ohio
10/16/13 4:01 pm
Guantanamo is ultimately a stain on this country. It goes against everything we once claimed to stand for and fight for.
How can we claim to stand for justice if we ourselves don't uphold it?
penguins511
10/16/13 3:44 pm
(To anyone who said yes) what do you suppose we do with all the terrorists being kept there? Let them go? As if.
penguins511
10/16/13 3:57 pm
You are technically correct, I won't lie, but they were captured in the battlefield I mean if I were simply a civilian in the area I would get the hell out of there which makes it highly unlikely they are actually civilians.
penguins511
10/16/13 3:52 pm
If we moved them to the US they would gain some rights by being on our soil which could cause problems with the countries they came from.
bethanyq Ess Eff
10/16/13 9:19 pm
Gitmo isn't a POW camp and does not comply with the rules for detention of POWs. Further, there are no plans for eventual repatriation, a prerequisite for POW status. They aren't being held until a war ends. They are supposedly being held for crimes.
bethanyq Ess Eff
10/16/13 8:27 pm
The Geneva Conventions declare it one of the gravest of war crimes to engage in torture. Another grave war crime? Willfully depriving someone accused of another war crime of their right to a fair trial.
GotHeem Indiana
10/17/13 3:13 pm
It provides a great place to hold terrorists so they cannot escape and immediately be on American soil. And since it's not on American soil we can get the information out of the terrorists much more effectively
zman117 Ohio
10/16/13 4:25 pm
Lol sorry, I thought of that when I read bar exam. I just watched Catch Me if You Can again.
One point goes to whoever knows what state is in the actual quote...
GeneralDevin MN
10/16/13 9:55 pm
Closing every base would mean closing every embassy too. Powerful countries like us have embassies. We'd lose power and influence resulting in other countries looking down on us and see us as a shrinking power out of its prime.
doctalk not all who wander r lost
10/16/13 4:36 pm
A family member disappeared in 1931 from his home in Russia during the "threats." Government accusation without defense is dangerous. The USA is "droning" enemy suspects whose only crime has been to be seen w a known enemy. Will we be as unsafe?
MisterE Conservistan
10/16/13 9:03 pm
If they are recognized as POWs, the US can hold them until the end of hostilities without charging them. I never said that I agreed with torturing POWs. There are better ways to extract information.
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