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If Obama intends to end the war in Afghanistan, and he does, why not try those 5 on their crimes? Why release them and place the nearly 10,000 troops Obama's leaving in Afghanistan until the end of 2016 at risk?
Note that this a non-partisan question.
OK, say we finally do put them on trial after 12 years of detention.
If any of them are found guilty, the next question becomes "Why did you wait so long, since you had the evidence?'
If any of them cannot be found guilty, the next question becomes "Why did you hold innocent people for so long?"
The answer to both questions is the same -
We did it because we could, and for no other reason.
They should have been tried, by either the US or the UN, whichever is appropriate, within some reasonable time frame. That was the only way the US could have come out of this with our self-image as good people even somewhat intact. Well, that ship has sailed. We just have to straighten up the mess as best we can, having lost another opportunity to prove up on our own hype as a defender of freedom and justice.
OK, say we finally do put them on trial after 12 years of detention.
If any of them are found guilty, the next question becomes "Why did you wait so long, since you had the evidence?'
If any of them cannot be found guilty, the next question becomes "Why did you hold innocent people for so long?"
The answer to both questions is the same -
We did it because we could, and for no other reason.
They should have been tried, by either the US or the UN, whichever is appropriate, within some reasonable time frame. That was the only way the US could have come out of this with our self-image as good people even somewhat intact. Well, that ship has sailed. We just have to straighten up the mess as best we can, having lost another opportunity to prove up on our own hype as a defender of freedom and justice.
Yes, dad has been in contact with various organizations from the "other side". He also began learning Pashto. This has been reported before.
Why?
Because he decided to try his own luck in getting his son back. Just makes him a pro-active parent.
The idea that a man who home-schooled his children so he could give them a classic Christian education is now a Muslim sympathizer is just too ludicrous for words. Were I you, I would cross that news source off my list, they are not to be trusted.
OK, say we finally do put them on trial after 12 years of detention.
If any of them are found guilty, the next question becomes "Why did you wait so long, since you had the evidence?'
If any of them cannot be found guilty, the next question becomes "Why did you hold innocent people for so long?"
The answer to both questions is the same -
We did it because we could, and for no other reason.
They should have been tried, by either the US or the UN, whichever is appropriate, within some reasonable time frame. That was the only way the US could have come out of this with our self-image as good people even somewhat intact. Well, that ship has sailed. We just have to straighten up the mess as best we can, having lost another opportunity to prove up on our own hype as a defender of freedom and justice.
I totally agree with your whole post.
But now, by releasing the detainees in exchange for a POW,
we have degraded our image even further.
The idea that a man who home-schooled his children so he could give them a classic Christian education is now a Muslim sympathizer is just too ludicrous for words.
Just as I find the fact that Bergdahl is unable to speak very many English words now, ludicrous.
"Would it, for example, be possible for a mother tongue to be completely forgotten,
so that a person cannot understand, or even recognize it anymore?
The answer is yes, but only if she or he lost contact with that language before puberty."
That is my answer. We should not in any way shape or form give up any of our rights because the government dropped the ball.
So you equate the Obama 5 rights to your rights
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