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Originally posted by lendaddy
Not sure what 9/11 has to do with this, care to clarify?
Why did we "grab quickly" several hundred average citizens? What do you suppose our objective or motivation for such a bizaar action would be?
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Why don't you just make the 'rolleyes' part of your sig?
The first question is stupid beyond words.
The second question is just a matter of having some information. Citizens were offered large amounts of money to turn in Al Quaeda suspects. Lots of people got turned in just because they had greedy neighbors who didn't like them much. They got mixed in with actual combatants. All of these folks were transported to a port and shipped to Gitmo. Hundreds died on the way. One hopes every one of them was guilty. But of course, we'll never know.
Something that lots of folks don't quite ever grasp is that there is a legitimate question whether anything called "Al Quaeda" exists as any kind of formal organization. Just as "terrorist" is a term you can only apply to someone who has planned or committed terrorism. So somebody who hates U.S. culture may be an 'Al Quaeda sympathizer' but is that person a terrorist?
What it all means is that we have lots of people imprisoned because of their thoughts; not their actions. And that's why all the prison camp activities are kept as secret as possible -- for the most part, we can't prove a thing.