I don't know what they deserve and that's the heart of my issue with the current system. Nobody does. And we are asked to believe people that we well know lie to us all the time.
What you are proposing seems fair to me, as long as there is some transparency and accountability to the process. You have a hearing before impartial parties and the chance to address the evidence. What is so hard about letting these guys have that? It's five years later and any of them that had critical security information demonstrably don't any more. I realize that a lot of them were picked up when we *were* the authorities in Afghanistan. So we have a hearing. Duh? Dana >I thought we got in trouble when we shipped our prisoners overseas to meet >"justice"? If we took these fighters and returned them to afghanistan, >they'd be summarily executed. > >Which I'm not necessarily opposed to...but we are constantly whining that >the US must look like the moral entity in this fight. Returning a bunch of >these guys to a foreign country for execution probably wouldn't fit that >bill, would it? > >A three judge military tribunal should be convened. Each and every prisoner >at Gitmo should be brought before this court. Evidence should be entered >into public record by the military as to their guilt as enemy combatants. If >the evidence warrants a conviction, they go back to Gitmo to serve out their >term. If not, they are released and paid reparations. > >Wouldn't this be fair? Wouldn't this be more than they deserve, actually? > >On 10/17/06, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217728 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
