there have always been prisoners in time of conflict. Nobody is saying you don't detain people. But you can't detain them indefinitely without some sort of process. That's what the Magna Carta was all about. It's a basic tenet of our civilization. No, I don't blame al-Qaeda for Guantanamo. I blame them for 9-11. Let's take responsibility for our own issues. What if someone in Guantanamo was in fact detained in error? What do we say -- al-Qaeda made us do it?
Dana >Dana wrote: >> Poor Mr Bush. Who else would we blame? > >You missed my point - who we blame is Al Quaeda. No responsible >President would've been able to avoid having detention center for >these people. It just couldn't be helped. It was a consequence of >9/11. You can't blame Mr. Bush for that, he should be credited for >doing his job. > >What you can blame him for not taking more specific and direct action >to come up with an American inspired solution to the detention center >problem. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:210663 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
