We need to close down the whole military base as the Cuban has been requesting since 1959, not just the prison, the whole base.
Posted by blondemike on Feb 12, 2007 at 12:29 PM
Yeah….shut the place down…then use the money that’s saved to buy Hardesty a new home in Utah…or Montana….Remove this dementia prea-cox , pustulant ass from the nurturing black community that he so misguidedly denigrates…..
Isn’t it white people that are using your tax dollars for this inhumane affair…..must be a ” BLONDE WHITE POWER ” thing…
Posted by Redhorse on Feb 12, 2007 at 3:59 PM
#9 - It sets an ill precedent for the next commander-in-chief who wants to circumvent constitutional limits on his or her power, which will further undermine any claim the US might ever have had as a bastion of democracy.
“We’re at war” just ain’t good enough a reason for that kind of degradation to continue. The country still has to go on, after the war is over.
If it’s ever allowed to be over…
Posted by Kuya on Feb 13, 2007 at 3:18 AM
Sure Guantanamo will eventually be closed. But what about CIA extraordinary rendition? the detention facilities to be built in case of an ‘immigration emergency’ (whatever that means) whose contract was awarded to Halliburton? What about that? Closing X-Ray is nowhere near enough. In fact, focusing on shutting down Gitmo without bringing up these issues might even enable the same sort of practices to continue unabated, elsewhere.
Another problem I have is with the article is the author’s wording. Just talking about ticking bombs (#5) should remind one of Dershowitz’s justification for torture, which might be another word for abuse (#3).
Posted by TheoPapathanasis on Feb 13, 2007 at 9:30 AM
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We need to close down the whole military base as the Cuban has been requesting since 1959, not just the prison, the whole base.
Posted by blondemike on Feb 12, 2007 at 12:29 PM
Yeah….shut the place down…then use the money that’s saved to buy Hardesty a new home in Utah…or Montana….Remove this dementia prea-cox , pustulant ass from the nurturing black community that he so misguidedly denigrates…..
Isn’t it white people that are using your tax dollars for this inhumane affair…..must be a ” BLONDE WHITE POWER ” thing…
Posted by Redhorse on Feb 12, 2007 at 3:59 PM
Send Blondemike to Guant
Posted by texasindependent on Feb 12, 2007 at 5:49 PM
#9 - It sets an ill precedent for the next commander-in-chief who wants to circumvent constitutional limits on his or her power, which will further undermine any claim the US might ever have had as a bastion of democracy.
“We’re at war” just ain’t good enough a reason for that kind of degradation to continue. The country still has to go on, after the war is over.
If it’s ever allowed to be over…
Posted by Kuya on Feb 13, 2007 at 3:18 AM
Sure Guantanamo will eventually be closed. But what about CIA extraordinary rendition? the detention facilities to be built in case of an ‘immigration emergency’ (whatever that means) whose contract was awarded to Halliburton? What about that? Closing X-Ray is nowhere near enough. In fact, focusing on shutting down Gitmo without bringing up these issues might even enable the same sort of practices to continue unabated, elsewhere.
Another problem I have is with the article is the author’s wording. Just talking about ticking bombs (#5) should remind one of Dershowitz’s justification for torture, which might be another word for abuse (#3).
Posted by TheoPapathanasis on Feb 13, 2007 at 9:30 AM