Still at Guantánamo

[jmkd]

It doesn't matter how secret the details of this case may need to be for military reasons, when due process itself has been redacted beyond recognition I can no longer see the difference between this and a kangaroo court.

[personomas]

Unbelievable, let him go, please. Why are we so afraid to let him walk away? Do we really cherish our lives so much that we're afraid of this guy? Do we really cherish our lives so much that we won't give this guy due process? Are we really going to torture a man, then lock him up his entire life - for what?

I say we, but, of course, I don't mean literally we, I mean culture and people in charge. If we change the culture, politicians will change - people in power will change. Stop fearing for your lives sooo much.

Do you realize that Jesus let people kill him without physical retort? And we're afraid that this guy might be violent?

And this isn't just about one man, it's about making sure this never happens again.

[philshem]

You may be interested to hear the ongoing podcast series "The Other Latif" from NPR and RadioLab producer Latif Nasser.

https://www.npr.org/podcasts/809233558/the-other-latif

[walterkrankheit]

This is beyond tragic. How Guantanamo lasted through the Obama years is beyond me. To close it was his first promise and his first promise broken.

[7532yahoogmail]

Guantanamo un-American. I do not support it. Presidents including Obama have tried to close it. Congress - the absolute worst of the three Federal branches - has stopped it. It's another problem in a whole line of problems their inability to act has caused.

[stareatgoats]

Under what chapter in international law is this lawful? Earnest question.

[WBrad]

Nothing about Guantanamo bay is legal. Cuba has requested we leave and stopped taking payments for the "lease" of the land there. It being illegal means nothing if there's nobody that'll do anything about the US's crimes.