Reply #11: Look for conditions to improve on day ONE. [View All]

[davsand]

We have it to deal with, and I agree with Obama that it has to be done within a legal system that is acceptable to the world courts. One of my biggest arguments with the current regime was the fact that they pissed all over our Constitution, and this is a classic example.

These guys sitting in Gitmo are screwed if we just open the doors and say "There ya go--go home." Our Country is screwed if we turn loose a few real terrorists that are even MORE pissed off than they were before they got tortured for a while. This is not an easy fix and I respect hell out of Obama's team for trying to do it within a legitimate legal system.

Having said all that, I think we all have a right to expect and DEMAND that conditions in Gitmo conform to every standard applied in the American system or whatever standard is acceptable to the rest of the world (Geneva Convention, maybe? Amnesty International? Red Cross?) We may need some time to fix the mess dubya created, but we sure as hell don't need to continue the abuses.


Laura