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riderinthestorm

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12. Their home countries don't want them, we don't want them in the US because they are now so hostile

Wed May 1, 2013, 09:57 PM

May 2013

There is no justification for keeping them at Guantanamo. None.

Now we are torturing them to keep them alive for ... what?

Their situation appears so bleak and hopeless. They are stuck in a terrible limbo. They should be able to decide their fate with dignity like we afford those who are terminally ill without any future.

Obama will be blamed for their deaths. Justifiably so. Let that be a stain on his legacy imho. This situation should NEVER have been allowed to go this far. Don't get me wrong - its Congress that's set up Obama as the fall guy.

But the inhumanity is hideous.

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So...the guys who have already been CLEARED FOR RELEASE from Gitmo...why are they STILL THERE? [View all] Ken Burch May 2013 OP

Will their home nation accept them back? ProgressiveProfessor May 2013 #1

If not, why not just send them somewhere else? Ken Burch May 2013 #3

I would like to know that as well. However, in the past there have been people we had no where ProgressiveProfessor May 2013 #8

Where? Where is "somewhere else" and who pays? nt MADem May 2013 #19

Somewhere in America and the US taxpayers should be on the hook Cali_Democrat May 2013 #42

Release them and then find out. Geez. Kablooie May 2013 #13

Not quite that easy ProgressiveProfessor May 2013 #30

Release them where? thesquanderer May 2013 #37

There you go. Problem solved. Kablooie May 2013 #40

Release them in the United States Cali_Democrat May 2013 #43

Good question........I have no idea. CaliforniaPeggy May 2013 #2

Perhaps they could apply for sanctuary in the US to prevent being tortured by force feeding. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #4

It's kind of like the Bushies' rationale for the illegal invasion of Iraq TransitJohn May 2013 #5

The question can be put directly to the UN. rug May 2013 #6

These guys should each be given $1,000,000 and a nice ranch in Texas if they can't be sent home. rgbecker May 2013 #7

K&R Because its so easy to ignore them instead of doing something about it. idwiyo May 2013 #9

What brown people locked up in Gitmo? MADem May 2013 #23

Would you like me to add a sarcasm smilie to my post? Didn't think its needed. idwiyo May 2013 #38

Sorry. I did miss the sarcasm in your post entirely, I'm afraid. nt MADem May 2013 #41

One explanation was that it would cost money to transport them or Cleita May 2013 #10

That's BS progressoid May 2013 #14

Probably. I heard it on the radio. So sue them. Cleita May 2013 #31

Yah, I know. progressoid May 2013 #39

Congress has blocked civilian trials, not transport. (nt) jeff47 May 2013 #18

So then it's the trials. I just assumed that maybe it had something to do with Cleita May 2013 #33

Moving them has a different problem - no country has been willing to accept them. (nt) jeff47 May 2013 #36

Is it left up for Obama to decide? madokie May 2013 #11

He's not the dictator--other countries have presidents who can override the legislature and MADem May 2013 #20

I know, you know but some here doesn't seem too madokie May 2013 #21

I know. It suggests a lack of understanding of our system of government. MADem May 2013 #24

Their home countries don't want them, we don't want them in the US because they are now so hostile riderinthestorm May 2013 #12

Because no one will accept them. jeff47 May 2013 #15

Who has say over who stays or who leaves? Is the Congress the warden of the prison? Kablooie May 2013 #16

it has to violate some international agreement G_j May 2013 #27

This article has a lot of good history in it. GitRDun May 2013 #17

The Rethugs in Congress are probably giggling over the prospect of some death at Guantanamo riderinthestorm May 2013 #22

I blame everyone for not making it a national priority GitRDun May 2013 #25

FYI, our own military review boards cleared these men for release. Here's a site that tells riderinthestorm May 2013 #26

Because they would talk n/t arcane1 May 2013 #28

Same question for those who are guilty and have served 12 sentences, and counting. morningfog May 2013 #29

I think once someone gets into the White House they start to get a lot of information goldent May 2013 #34

No one knows treestar May 2013 #32

No one will take them Progressive dog May 2013 #35

or would we Niceguy1 May 2013 #45

If no country will take the Guantanamo detainees, they should be released in the United States Cali_Democrat May 2013 #44

Fear of what happens after SoCalDem May 2013 #46