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chucktaylor (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 03:36 PM Original message |
Obama: Gitmo Likely Won't Close in First 100 Days |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Get this ... the detainees that were never guilty of much are now dangerous for revenge attacks |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Threaten them with certain death? |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
51. WE LET THEM GO HOME ... get it? |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. Could this be the beginning? |
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Duckhunter935 (777 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I hope not |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Obama is center-right, white-bread politician. |
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RedSock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. right |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. We shall see but |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. so incorporate them into the REAL legal system, or release them |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Gosh, that's what the man just said |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. it should be done now, not 3 to six months from now |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Do you know who is who? |
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bottomtheweaver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. It's public knowledge that most of these men are innocent. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Most is not ALL |
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bottomtheweaver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Then they should all be released immediately. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
45. A fantasy... |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Innocence is presumed, NOT guilt, in the American system of justice. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. not a fantasy: THE RULE OF LAW |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 05:29 PM Original message |
It Doesn't Take Any Time or Effort |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
27. Bush theorized us into Iraq |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. I don't find this unreasonable, not yet anway. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I do. We have a legal system. He needs to use it, period. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Basically, they tortured terrorists |
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bottomtheweaver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. They detained and tortured innocent men, and that's a crime against humanity. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Of course some of them are terrorists |
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bottomtheweaver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I've seen no credible proof of that. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. You used the word "most" yourself |
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bottomtheweaver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. I've seen no credible proof that ANY are terrorists. Have you? |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. That's not acceptable. DoD and DoJ have more than enough lawyers to immediately correct an injustice |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. Soon to be won't close in first year.... |
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tan guera (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I heard Madeleine Albright say |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. I have a dream... |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. I wonder how many government people could stand 100 days of torture n/t |
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bottomtheweaver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
18. McClatchy Newspapers: "the U.S. imprisoned innocent men" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. The IRC was protesting that way back in 2003, iirc. n/t |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. Just stupid Georgie Boy trying to do a gotcha on the first-100-days thing |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Obama campaigned on the idea that he would close Gitmo |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. I remember him commiting to close Guantanamo and that still stands |
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tyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
48. Do you have any |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. I don't believe he ever firmly committed to 100 days. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
30. Here's how I would do it |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. We will send them to the Hague, where they belong. n/t |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
32. I'm taking notes. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
34. Hey wow, Obama just quoted BUSH |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. The more things change, the more they stay the same. |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
36. Obama will be easily pushed around by people like Brennen, so here we go,... |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. what the hell |
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davidthegnome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
40. Political pressure |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
42. quote - evidence - unquote obtained through torture is far more than just "tainted" |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
43. Have we looked into putting them into a time machine? |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
44. The other thing to take into consideration |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-12-09 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
50. There is NO excuse to wait. JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED. |
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