McCain on Gitmo
"Now, I know that some of these guys are terrible, terrible killers and the worst kind of scum of humanity. But, one, they deserve to have some adjudication of their cases. And there's a fear that if you release them that they'll go back and fight again against us. And that may have already happened. But balance that against what it's doing to our reputation throughout the world and whether it's enhancing recruiting for people to join al-Qaeda and other organizations and want to do bad things to the United States of America. I think, on balance, the argument has got to be--the weight of evidence has got to be that we've got to adjudicate these people's cases, and that means that if it means releasing some of them, you'll have to release them. Look, even Adolf Eichmann got a trial. I mean, there--we are signatories to numerous agreements on human rights, against torture, universal declaration on human rights, etc. So that means we have to do something with these people. And I hope we can move that process forward very soon."
I asked my dad if he'd heard about John McCain's remarks on Meet the Press. He immediately complained about how the senator "shoots his mouth off." He continued, "it's just not right to compare Eichmann to some raghead. Yeah, he got a trial, but he was a Nazi."
"Wait, are you saying the detainees don't deserve trials because they're not evil enough?!"
"No. Maybe they deserve trials, but it's totally inappropriate to compare them to Nazi war criminals."
He's watching Kill Bill vol. 2 now. How weird.
I'm optimistic. I think we'll soon give the detainees habeas corpus rights, which have existed in common law for 700 years. That FBI report does not describe the practices of a country I could love; it's unconscionable we've allowed it to go on for so long.
I asked my dad if he'd heard about John McCain's remarks on Meet the Press. He immediately complained about how the senator "shoots his mouth off." He continued, "it's just not right to compare Eichmann to some raghead. Yeah, he got a trial, but he was a Nazi."
"Wait, are you saying the detainees don't deserve trials because they're not evil enough?!"
"No. Maybe they deserve trials, but it's totally inappropriate to compare them to Nazi war criminals."
He's watching Kill Bill vol. 2 now. How weird.
I'm optimistic. I think we'll soon give the detainees habeas corpus rights, which have existed in common law for 700 years. That FBI report does not describe the practices of a country I could love; it's unconscionable we've allowed it to go on for so long.