while i agree with the frustration that these men will go unpunished (although i do feel that not all of them are criminals, just soldiers in the "army" of the nation in which they live (ie: taliban)) I feel as a veteran and as one who has bled for our flag, i must point out the precipice here, if we do not afford them the same rights we take for granted, we become them, we cannot afford to pick and choose when to hold the moral high ground, we either have it, or we do not. also, by instituting these "hold until we damn well feel like it" policies we are endangering the men and women who fight for our freedoms, how would you feel if 300 marines were held by north korea or russia or even the brits under the same terms? The pure fact of the matter is that these policies practiced at gitmo are detrimental to both our position in the world as "the good guys". Although that rep is already blasted to hell by the current admin, we are loathed and hated around the world now, only britain and the countries we prop up with money have not turned on us. While i agree that it is folly to allow these people to run free they must be either declared prisoners of war and treated as such, or they must be afforded the same rights as a common criminal, do you realize a child molester has more rights then these men? I have spoken to many friends in the military establishment and they all universally despise this situation as both dangerous to them and morally corrupt, but they are not allowed to challenge it, they just have to implement it. Like i said, this is a precipice, we cannot afford to fall off of it, Were supposed to be the good guys, we need to remember that and act like it
I feel as a veteran and as one who has bled for our flag, i must point out the precipice here, if we do not afford them the same rights we take for granted, we become them, we cannot afford to pick and choose when to hold the moral high ground, we either have it, or we do not. also, by instituting these "hold until we damn well feel like it" policies we are endangering the men and women who fight for our freedoms, how would you feel if 300 marines were held by north korea or russia or even the brits under the same terms?
The pure fact of the matter is that these policies practiced at gitmo are detrimental to both our position in the world as "the good guys". Although that rep is already blasted to hell by the current admin, we are loathed and hated around the world now, only britain and the countries we prop up with money have not turned on us.
While i agree that it is folly to allow these people to run free they must be either declared prisoners of war and treated as such, or they must be afforded the same rights as a common criminal, do you realize a child molester has more rights then these men?
I have spoken to many friends in the military establishment and they all universally despise this situation as both dangerous to them and morally corrupt, but they are not allowed to challenge it, they just have to implement it.
Like i said, this is a precipice, we cannot afford to fall off of it, Were supposed to be the good guys, we need to remember that and act like it
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