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thesquanderer

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37. Release them where?

Reply to Kablooie (Reply #13)

Wed May 1, 2013, 11:18 PM

May 2013

Just open the gates and let them wander around Cuba?

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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