Discussion: Top Military O<span style="font-size: 42px; line-height: 1em;">fficer: Gitmo Creates 'Psychological Scar'

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He must be a communist!

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He sure looks like that wingnut senator from Alabama.

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“Whether it should or not, it does”

Very smart way to say it, that knocks down the right’s talking point of “we think it’s a good place”. Very politically savvy statement he made.

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…these detainees shouldn’t be released and Congress doesn’t allow them to be brought to the United States.

Makes no sense at all. The US Supreme Court stated in 2004 that GITMO IS the United States.

Doth he mean to bring the GITMO prisoners - that are currently in the US, on US soil - onto the US mainland, aka the 48 states, sometimes called ‘The Big Island’?

Then why not say that?

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Which decision are you referencing? I know 2004 Hamdi v Rummy said the government could detain enemy combatants, including US citizens. Maybe you are referencing another case? Not trying to challenge you, I am just curious.

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Sophistry and semantics.

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He probably didn’t want to hear, “But Muslims are too evil for civilian prosecution.”

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