On Feb 19, 2009, at 8:44, Charles Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > Somehow I doubt that the military would go though the expense and > bother of snatching someone up and transporting them to gitmo without > some reason. (Yes I know that it *has* happened, but I think that is > the exception not the rule and more likely done by CIA types not > soldiers.
Denial is not just a river in Africa. It has happened *a lot*. People have been taken and tortured based on evidence that would not even warrant an arrest under US laws. Look at the Brits who were finally released after years of torture at Gitmo. > > > Unlike the military, the CIA and other TLA's are not known for > behaving rationally. > > From a military commander's point of view it would be illogical to > expend the resources to snatch someone up all that if simply shooting > them or ignoring them was easier. > > If you ask me what to do, I'd grant Castro's wish to have Gitmo > returned to Cuba. Just tell him, BTW, we left the jail doors open > so you might want build some mosques soon'ish. > > After all, we do owe him for the boat people invasion when he emptied > his prisons and let them all raft north. > > Tit for tat sounds like a workable diplomatic policy to me but that's > why I don't run things. > _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
