Even a Democratic controlled congress won't help Obama solve the detainees problem. Many congress members have simultaneously come down with the NIMBY disease. Yes, they say, close Gitmo, disperse the inmate population to various states (but NOT
MINE) and put them on trials. The Republicans oppose dispersion, even to the most secure prisons, which house our most dangerous mass murderers and child predators, because they could be a risk to their constituents, (including those noble murderers?)
In fact dispersion would reduce the dangers of blackmail by terrorists threatening
disaster to the residents of those many states if the detainees were not set free.
It would require more resources than they could muster.
The frights that the Repubs have also provide a great excuse for our "allies" to beg off. It is expensive to house, and try such detainees. Many of our allies have large
numbers of Muslims among their populations. which do represent a greater risk.
The only downside to keeping that Gitmo status quo is the blatent hypocrisy
which we demonstrate to the world when we preach the nobility of our constitution. We show that becoming smarter in outwitting terrorists has less value than acting as terrorists ourselves.
How's this for a solution? Board all the detainees on an overage airliner, piloted by
a terminally ill pilot who is ready to die for his country, apparently to fly them
to the US mainland. En route the plane crashes, with no survivors. That is rendition
without involving other countries. American ingenuity at its best!
Thursday, May 21, 2009
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Devilish idea, Marty. How about reopening Alcatraz to house the detainees?
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