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Originally Posted by imcarthur
Let’s see here . . .
They were picked up by agents of a foreign country in a foreign country invaded by a “Coalition” of foreign nations without sanction from any international body. Their ‘guilt’ is based on evidence from CIA/Army Intelligence/Foreign Intelligence services (who are ALWAYS right of course & are of course also agents of said foreign country) in a time of "war".
Does the evidence not matter? Guilt until proven innocent? As an American or any ardent fan of democracy, are you comfortable with that?
When would you be uncomfortable?
Ian
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I don't know the demographics of all those in our custody, but I doubt the majority of those we captured in Afghanistan are Afghans. I have no problem with our meting out severe punishment to foreign fighters in whatver country we caught them. Natives of those countries we've invaded should be interrogated harshly and then handed back to their governments for punishment, which will always be far worse than anything we would dish out.
I wouldn't apply any aspect of our so-called justice system to foreign terrorists. I don't care about teaching lessons or furthering justice. I want the threat neutralized with a zero rate of recidivism. This bull$hit about guilt or innocence or rehabilitation is what we reserve for domestic criminals. Terrorists needs to be snuffed out permanently.