|
|
| Re: Obama Frees Five Prisoners From Gitmo! (1190626) | |||
 |
|||
| Home > OTChat | |||
|
[ Read Responses | Post a New Response | Return to the Index ] |
|
||
|
Re: Obama Frees Five Prisoners From Gitmo! |
|
|
Posted by Terrapin Station on Tue Jun 3 08:53:07 2014, in response to Re: Obama Frees Five Prisoners From Gitmo!, posted by Nilet on Tue Jun 3 07:31:33 2014. I am not familiar with the particulars of the Gitmo situation. I agree that what they are doing is probably not consistent with past practice (existing law, etc.), but I also think that since the types of enemies of our country is experiencing (i.e. people clearly fighting "America" but not backed by an actual other sovereign nation) has changed, our laws need to change with it. However I think the changes in law should still reflect our values and be in line with our existing laws and practices as much as possible. I firmly believe in the whole Ben Franklin business. But if a guy like Obama doesn't even want to shut it down, and he LOVES America, then I think there must be some good reasons for it. I think the process should be more transparent and there should be laws made by publicly elected officials to deal with the situations that are causing these guys to be held indefinitely at Gitmo. |
|
|
|