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Re: Obama Frees Five Prisoners From Gitmo!

Posted by Nilet on Mon Jun 2 10:35:59 2014, in response to Re: Obama Frees Five Prisoners From Gitmo!, posted by Dave on Mon Jun 2 10:25:24 2014.

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Once again you're on the wrong side of the argument, Nilet.

Thus far, it would appear I'm the only side of the argument; your last two posts contain 689 words between them, but you have had absolutely nothing to say on the subject.

The salient points are these:

1. You claim these five prisoners were "terrorists." How do you know that?

You have failed to provide any meaningful answer.

In service of finding an answer, I asked you two questions:

1. Do you believe the government should be allowed to lock up anybody without charges or trial for any reason?

2. Do you understand the purpose of a trial?

You have failed to provide any meaningful answer to either question.

Since you seem to be under the impression that the nonsense you posted has any relevance to any of these points, let's take a closer look at it, shall we? You posted as much:

Section 1201 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2012 permits indefinite detention without trial of any person, including a U.S. citizen, "who was part of or substantially supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners."


That is, it allows the detention of anyone who supported Al Qaeda. Since you donated half a million dollars to fund Al Qaeda training camps in Pakistan, that means you can be detained without trial. On the other hand, the five people released from Guantanamo have no connection to Al Qaeda of any sort, so there is no basis under the NDAA for detaining them. And if you disagree with either of these last two claims, I'd like you to think long and hard about what purpose a trial might serve before you go on another irrelevant tangent.

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