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Even so Enemy combatant has a lot of the same laws as POWs. It's possible they should be treated better but this guy is a known bodyguard of UBL[1] and has lie

by vxNsr 14y ago

Even so Enemy combatant has a lot of the same laws as POWs. It's possible they should be treated better but this guy is a known bodyguard of UBL[1] and has lied consistently to everyone [1] so it's not clear how he's being treated (remember this is a Oped about politics - anything goes). I'll ignore the last line as you've said nothing of substance. [1]http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/43-samir-naji-al-hasan-moqbel http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/43-samir-na...

ucee054 14y ago
This individual is not the issue. Guantanamo Bay is the issue. That facility is in use in order to circumvent the law in treatment of prisoners period. It was located in Cuba in order to not be on US soil, because the Bush administration thought that offshore abuse would be easier to get away with. If you have been awake at all during the past 12 years you will have heard the news stories about prisoners being tortured/executed there. Furthermore, you will have heard the news stories of many inmates there turning out to be completely innocent. Finally, you will have heard of the "people sweeps" in Afghanistan and Pakistan in which local warlords sold off people arbitrarily as "terrorists" to US forces, who didn't know better (and didn't care). These people have been bunged up in Guantanamo without a fair trail. A fair trial is the only way to determine if they actually are who you and the lying US military claim they are. If the prisoners are "guilty" of being enemy soldiers, then yes they can rot in jail until the US withdraws from Afghanistan. If they are innocent, they should be freed immediately and compensated. If you can't fathom that the word of the US military (or any part of any government really) should not just be taken on trust, you should take a time-machine to Nazi Germany. You'll love it there.

by vxNsr 14y ago

ucee054 14y ago

This individual is not the issue. Guantanamo Bay is the issue. That facility is in use in order to circumvent the law in treatment of prisoners period. It was located in Cuba in order to not be on US soil, because the Bush administration thought that offshore abuse would be easier to get away with. If you have been awake at all during the past 12 years you will have heard the news stories about prisoners being tortured/executed there. Furthermore, you will have heard the news stories of many inmates there turning out to be completely innocent. Finally, you will have heard of the "people sweeps" in Afghanistan and Pakistan in which local warlords sold off people arbitrarily as "terrorists" to US forces, who didn't know better (and didn't care). These people have been bunged up in Guantanamo without a fair trail. A fair trial is the only way to determine if they actually are who you and the lying US military claim they are. If the prisoners are "guilty" of being enemy soldiers, then yes they can rot in jail until the US withdraws from Afghanistan. If they are innocent, they should be freed immediately and compensated. If you can't fathom that the word of the US military (or any part of any government really) should not just be taken on trust, you should take a time-machine to Nazi Germany. You'll love it there.