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Should all the convicted insurrectionists be imprisoned at Gitmo? (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2021 OP
Absolutely not. drray23 Feb 2021 #1
Thanks. Appalling that anyone thinks this would be a good thing. NT enough Feb 2021 #3
Agreed. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #9
Absolutely not. What a horrible idea. Ocelot II Feb 2021 #2
Yes - Clear out the remaining un-charged people, and use it for domestic terrorists such as Trump. lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #4
NO - close that place and give it back to Cuba RainCaster Feb 2021 #5
Yes, close the Gitmo prison camp, but no to "giving it back to Cuba"... Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #15
Justice can be served by following the law. Nobody should be held at Gitmo. Eugene Feb 2021 #6
Exactly. Ocelot II Feb 2021 #14
Doesn't have to be Gitmo, but Florence Supermax solitary confinement for life works for me! Lucky Luciano Feb 2021 #7
Absolutely. old guy Feb 2021 #8
I say no more GITMO IbogaProject Feb 2021 #10
Fuck no. Solly Mack Feb 2021 #11
Get them off our soil relayerbob Feb 2021 #12
Good or bad the place is EXPENSIVE to run from what I've read.. mitch96 Feb 2021 #13
I checked Yes, but I'm being snarky... LeftInTX Feb 2021 #16
No. Tommy Carcetti Feb 2021 #17

drray23

(7,627 posts)
1. Absolutely not.
Thu Feb 25, 2021, 12:07 PM
Feb 2021

Gitmo is an abberation and should be shut down. We have federal prisons on the mainland which will do just fine.

Ocelot II

(115,674 posts)
2. Absolutely not. What a horrible idea.
Thu Feb 25, 2021, 12:09 PM
Feb 2021

It shouldn’t have existed in the first place. It should be shut down.

RainCaster

(10,867 posts)
5. NO - close that place and give it back to Cuba
Thu Feb 25, 2021, 12:17 PM
Feb 2021

The fact that we own such a place is an embarrassment. Be done with it.

Wounded Bear

(58,647 posts)
15. Yes, close the Gitmo prison camp, but no to "giving it back to Cuba"...
Thu Feb 25, 2021, 02:44 PM
Feb 2021

Guantanamo Bay is an important Caribbean naval base.

Ocelot II

(115,674 posts)
14. Exactly.
Thu Feb 25, 2021, 02:41 PM
Feb 2021

Prosecute them in our criminal courts pursuant to the law, then sentence them to an appropriate prison in accordance with the sentencing guidelines. We've always advocated for affording due process to the foreign alleged terrorists (who are currently rotting in Gitmo without even a trial) by prosecuting them in our criminal courts and, if they are found guilty, sending them to a US prison. If Zacarias Moussaoui, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, shoe bomber Richard Reid, and Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the underwear bomber, along with some 400 other foreign terrorists, can be held in US prisons, so can the Capitol defendants. Gitmo is an atrocity that should have been shut down years ago.

old guy

(3,283 posts)
8. Absolutely.
Thu Feb 25, 2021, 12:19 PM
Feb 2021

It would be the one sure way to get it closed. You start sending white repubs there and it would be shut down post haste.

IbogaProject

(2,805 posts)
10. I say no more GITMO
Thu Feb 25, 2021, 12:35 PM
Feb 2021

I voted for the traitors to go to GITMO, but that just kicks the can, when this needs to be shut down.

What I do suggest is long sentences with tails, parole and them peeing in a cup 3x per week for years. All these traitors should not be allowed to drink for decades.

I voted wrong on this b4 my initial post, then I saw undo, so now I fixed it and this post.

relayerbob

(6,544 posts)
12. Get them off our soil
Thu Feb 25, 2021, 01:07 PM
Feb 2021

... and revoke their citizenship so that when/if they are released, they are deported to somewhere that will take them. We have no need for domestic terrorists to further incite the next generation of terrorists

mitch96

(13,892 posts)
13. Good or bad the place is EXPENSIVE to run from what I've read..
Thu Feb 25, 2021, 02:27 PM
Feb 2021

If true the money could be spent in better places... YMMV
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LeftInTX

(25,258 posts)
16. I checked Yes, but I'm being snarky...
Thu Feb 25, 2021, 03:00 PM
Feb 2021

It would be nice to give them a taste of their own medicine, but in reality it's a horrible idea. We can't send US citizens to Gitmo.
I'm sure this motley crew supported Gitmo for all non-citizens. I'm sure they support Gitmo for all assylum seekers and dreamers.

It would be nice to see them stripped of their rights, but what goes around comes around...

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