I think we are following the best course. Keep them detained until they can be reintroduced into their home nations AFTER hostilities have ended.
I do however feel that we should be more open with them. Allowing red cross and red crescent in to see the site, meet with the prisoners and field complaints in the open. Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 2:35 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Yes, we can lock them up forever.... > > > hmmm....good arguments. but.... > > you've presented your facts as a professional, but I am curious as to > what you think personally should be done? do you think we'd put even > more of your colleagues in harm's way if we were to systematically > execute all those prisoners? sinking to the level of barbarism (their > level) doesn't seem like the best answer for anyone involved. > > loathe wrote: > > Ok, > > > > Probably not going to be the most popular opinion around here, > but I have > > some personal experience wit this, so here goes. > > > > 1. The insurgents and terrorists in Cuba were not in the uniform of a > > foreign country or power. > > > > 2. The insurgents and terrorists in Cuba were not in possession of an > > official Geneva convention identification card. > > > > According to the convention this makes them saboteurs or spies > and as such > > they can be executed without trial. > > > > Additionally we did not recognize the Taliban as the government of > > Afghanistan, even before we invaded. SO therefore they cannot > legally field > > an army. > > > > We are being far more human than these prisoners have any right > to expect. > > I say all this knowing that my unit, and myself have sent people there. > > > > Also it's a lot better than what they would get form the > Afghani government, > > especially their NDS, the local version of the CIA. > > > > Tim > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 1:25 PM > >>To: CF-Community > >>Subject: Yes, we can lock them up forever.... > >> > >> > >>I'm going to blog about this as well... but dang this makes me sick: > >> > >>http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&e=3&u=/nm/20050615/p > > > > l_nm/security_usa_detainees_dc > > > >>The best line, a quote from Senator Jeff Sessions: "Some of them need > >>to be executed." > >> > >>I guess a fair tial would just be too much trouble, eh? > >> > >>-- > >>======================================================================= > >>Raymond Camden, Director of Development for Mindseye, Inc > > > > (www.mindseye.com) > > > > Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/teammacromedia) > > > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Blog : ray.camdenfamily.com > > Yahoo IM : cfjedimaster > > > > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:161017 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
