Any Takers For Gitmo Detainees?

By: Sean Alfano
Topics: In The News

4654344Lost amid the hubbub of St. Patrick's Day cheer at the White House Tuesday was Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's not-so-subtle request for European help with Guantanamo detainees during her meeting with Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin yesterday.

Responding to a reporter's question in the Treaty Room of the U.S. State Department, Clinton said, "There are some countries that have made it very clear if the detainees are returned that they will face consequences; imprisonment, for example. So we need help to avoid the human rights problems that might arise with the release and resettlement of the detainees."

Martin expressed his nation's willingness to help, saying there was a "compelling logic" for Ireland to take in former inmates as the Obama administration prepares to shut down the terror suspect detention.

Afterward, Martin told The Irish Times, "We wanted to see the closure of Guantanamo. We believed it was overall injurious to the public perception of the West, the public perception of the U.S. and also in terms of the human rights dimension to it. We have said that we are willing to respond with an offer of assistance."

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by earth562 March 22, 2009 1:32 AM EDT: how dumb is it to announce closing gitmo without a plan for the prisoners.
Posted by jgg00000008 at 7:27 PM : Mar 17, 2009
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Even dumber was starting it
Posted by jwesel1 at 1:34 AM : Mar 18, 2009

Your right !

They should of been sent to your tent and all of you could of had a kumbaya and sang "We are the World" and the world today would be full of pink daisys and marmalade and tea !

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by earth562 March 22, 2009 1:29 AM EDT: I can use them as target practice if they let out into the woods; Reply to this comment


by wibby_paige March 19, 2009 6:16 PM EDT: Even the other countries and their leaders know that getting rid of Gitmo is a really bad idea. Other wise they would help us out.
But Obama isn't going to admit his plan was wrong and not go through with it. He'll keep on saying this is right even if it is wrong. WHICH IT IS!!!!! I really don't think he cares if we are in danger with terrorists are in the country the terrorized before. He would rather look good going through with this stupid plan and not look like he knew he made a mistake.
God Bless America! Were going to need it here pretty soon!; Reply to this comment


by rrozsa March 19, 2009 4:51 PM EDT: I think they need to run a commercial with Sarah McLauchlin singing "In the Arms of the Angels", like she did for the Humane Society. Maybe then we could get them all adopted out into loving homes.; Reply to this comment


by geraldled-2009 March 19, 2009 8:38 AM EDT: Guantanamo Detainees.

Looking at the responses detaining enemy combatants then was an objective decision based on judgement; now more evedently sound because even seven years later, just as anticipated, not one person within the US would of given any of the detainees a fair trial as to presenting the secret, because we're still at war, evidence before an impartial judge and jury.

A plan is an objective and an action statement that states what you want to do, when you want to do it, and how your going to do it. Well, Guantanamo Bay's Camp Delta X will close definitely within a year. How? According to the treaties that must have reservations that are bilateral statements puporting the legal obligations between nation states and its ramifications if individuals breach the soon to be written caveats from the participaing countries of the soil where they were extracted from and, or of the place their national citizenship.

The ACLU and other organizations like it will and have always cried inhumanity about the care of any human being detained in US prisons. The most secure prison we have is a supermax prison in Florence, Colorado and built just like Guantanimo Bay's camp Delta X.

Years ago the ciminal was rawhide flogged and metal gaged. William Penn thought of it as righteous and humane in the early 1700's to build a penitentary were a recidivistic individual would be locked away from society for a period of time to be penitent, reflect of their wrongdoings, and repent with their Bilble of their sins and eventually became a docile individual.

In the early 1900's Prisons were built that separated prisoners, so one could not conspire, collude, and aggregate to escape. The prisoners lived daily in 23 hours of solitude and released for one hour a day. The only set back was prisoners mutilated themselves and comitted suicide, because they couldn't speak to other inmates at all and traveled in a lock step. To make detention more humane, the prisoners were aloud to speak to one another and walk freely to their recreation space, mess hall, yard, and showers.

To make matters easier in two months 4,800 people in a casual survey didn't disagree to for the detainees to have time served since we didn't offer what we would have given our own criminals, and not hold them to the Geneva conventions.

Again creativity is the reorganization of experience into new configurations. If there were treaties signed, or if the countries where the detainees were from had joined the International Court: there would of been a programed decision that's routine and repetitive with decision rules that tells how and when a decision should be made.

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by aziridine March 18, 2009 1:46 PM EDT: All the Libs have been assuring us that the Gitmos are saints. I'm sure they'd all love to host these wonderful people.; Reply to this comment


by Questionews March 18, 2009 10:32 AM EDT: "OK! Who wants to take a bunch of guys that will slice your throat at their first opportunity???.......... Anybody??........ Nobody??..... Come on guys!! Somebody??........We'll throw in some bonus money!!..................................Shiit!!"; Reply to this comment


by endurorob March 18, 2009 7:23 AM EDT: Even dumber was starting it
Posted by jwesel1 at 1:34 AM : Mar 18, 2009

We should have let them all come and stay at your house.; Reply to this comment


by jwesel1 March 18, 2009 4:34 AM EDT: how dumb is it to announce closing gitmo without a plan for the prisoners.
Posted by jgg00000008 at 7:27 PM : Mar 17, 2009
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Even dumber was starting it; Reply to this comment


by platteman March 17, 2009 9:27 PM EDT: I can see airline pilot in their future. Maybe flying Air Force One, or flying Queen Nancy back and forth to CA. I can also see white house gardner, maybe even camp david servents. yo kno u gotta have some bros workin there.; Reply to this comment