Comments on: Gitmo’s Nowhere Men

By: Still No New Home For The Gitmo Gang « Beltway Snark

Still No New Home For The Gitmo Gang « Beltway Snark — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:52:34 +0000

[...] take one guy) and it’s looking like that was Obama’s only plan, now we’re back to square one on Gitmo. The Obama administration said Monday it has made no decisions on how many of the 240 or [...]

By: gordo

gordo — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:27:16 +0000

Re-open Alcatraz and send them there…..or
Send them to Berkley…..or
Wait til hurricane season and take ‘em fishing!

By: cthulhu

cthulhu — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:26:02 +0000

“The Caribbean Sea is one of the largest salt water seas and has an area of about 2,754,000 km² (1,063,000 square miles). The sea’s deepest point is the Cayman Trench, between Cuba and Jamaica, at 7,686 m (25,220 feet) below sea level.” — http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/caribbean-sea/

Imagine that, a 25,000-foot-deep hole just offshore from Cuba…

By: Hog Wild

Hog Wild — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:00:41 +0000

heh… hasn’t been said yet.

“PRESENT”

By: unclesmrgol

unclesmrgol — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:12:37 +0000

Maybe Diego Garcia isn’t such a bad idea after all.

Yup. Voting them off the Island… onto the Island.

By: albill

albill — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:42:26 +0000

Obama is making overtures to Cuba. Soon no more “Guantanamo”, coming soon “Cuba Club East”.

By: jjrakman

jjrakman — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:34:58 +0000

They should transfer the detainees to the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), a federal prison in Los Angeles located 6.5 miles away from Hollywood, CA.

By: AZ_Mike

AZ_Mike — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:20:01 +0000

Send 1, or 2, to live with each member of Congress that’ve been pushing for closing Gitmo and assigning constitutional rights to these harmless “farmers” and “innocent bystanders” that just happen to get caught up in the war in Afghanistan.

Harry, Nancy, Barbara, Chuckie, etc. how about it? Put up or shut up.

By: ckoeber

ckoeber — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:14:22 +0000

On one side of the argument many people are hoping for the release of the detainees and on the other people are hoping for long term incarceration.

I just don’t see any real value in keeping them locked up forever. Sure, you can argue that they pose a threat and they deserve to stay at a facility of some sort but obviously we have the international reprecusions in terms of getting other nations’ help with additional resources for these two long wars. Additionally this is a recruiting tool for those who feel America is evil.

I don’t see any easy answers.

By: coldwarrior

coldwarrior — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:48:05 +0000

nagee76 on April 13, 2009 at 6:37 PM

[ Shhh...neither am I. ]

By: nagee76

nagee76 — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:37:05 +0000

coldwarrior,
Thanks for the info. Btw, i am not one of “us”. :-)

By: nagee76

nagee76 — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:34:26 +0000

“But the Obama Administration says that Boumedine doesn’t apply to people at Bagram. I can’t follow the Administration’s subtle legal reasoning that states that habeas corpus may apply to a prison in Cuba, but not to a prison in Afghanistan. Whatever..”

Heh. Realist, it is obvious that you didnt attend Harvard Law school. Only then, can you understand the .er.. “nuance”.

Even better, the preening liberal pro bono attorneys from New York and elsewhere are a lot less likely to want to visit their clients in Afghanistan than in Cuba. Win, win!
LOL !! +1000. Although i do think these dopeheads could be attracted by all the poppy that grows out there… you never now with the libruls.

By: coldwarrior

coldwarrior — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:32:17 +0000

nagee76 on April 13, 2009 at 6:24 PM

Boumedine violated current treaty obligations between the US government and the government of Cuba. Non-military persons at Guantanamo are actually subject to Cuban Law. But, in order to permit Cuban Law to have precedence, Castro Inc. has to acknowledge US sovereignty over Guantanamo Bay naval Station. It won’t do that. It hasn’t cashed a single lease payment check since 1959. It views the US base at Gitmo to be a violation of Cuban sovereignty, regardless of the treaties that gave us Gitmo originally..

This is one of the primary reasons Gitmo was chosen as a place to hold detainees in the first place.

By: PappaMac

PappaMac — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:32:12 +0000

VIVA CUBA!!!

It’s close, not much transportation costs, Castro will welcome them with open arms.

By: Weebork

Weebork — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:32:12 +0000

The president can simply throw them under the bus. We’ll never hear from them again. There’s plenty of room down there.

By: kirkill

kirkill — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:31:13 +0000

send them to MSNBC, Daily KOS, and Huffington post to write witty content. It couldn’t be any worse.

By: Del Dolemonte

Del Dolemonte — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:31:08 +0000

I think we should send them all over to getalife’s basement bedroom. Just get rid of all those pizza boxes and Mountain Dew empties…

The kids are in charge now.

By: eaglewingz08

eaglewingz08 — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:30:04 +0000

Well we could turn the Gitmo detainees into chew toys for Bo, but somehow I don’t think Obama’s ACLU supporters would be down with that.

By: Realist

Realist — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:29:48 +0000

This is exactly why Boumedine v Bush was a TERRIBLE decision – it now gave these terrorist suspects, the chance to file habeas corpus petitions challenging their detention.

This makes it almost impossible to hold these terror suspects at Gitmo – if the Govt does nt have enough evidence or it does not want to reveal how it collected it, these guys get to walk free.

But the Obama Administration says that Boumedine doesn’t apply to people at Bagram. I can’t follow the Administration’s subtle legal reasoning that states that habeas corpus may apply to a prison in Cuba, but not to a prison in Afghanistan. Whatever…

Even better, the preening liberal pro bono attorneys from New York and elsewhere are a lot less likely to want to visit their clients in Afghanistan than in Cuba. Win, win!

By: GarandFan

GarandFan — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:27:02 +0000

It’s all George Bush’s fault. After all, if a dumb cowboy could run the presidency, a Harvard educated liberal self-anointed genius should have no problems. Even if his only executive experience was running his own presidential campaign.

By: BetseyRoss

BetseyRoss — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:26:59 +0000

This is what happens when you make up your own laws on the fly. I do know that my Representative has already written a letter to Obama telling him to not house any one of these guys in our district’s jails. I know the Rep. from where Leavenworth is has done the same. It’s real easy to bloviate about Gitmo, but reality sets in and the idea isn’t so great. Obama has backed himself into a corner just making up stuff. Looks like Gitmo will be around for a while. It’s the perfect place for what it does.

By: canopfor

canopfor — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:26:33 +0000

Another Hopey/Changey urban legend in the making,
as well as another,

BETRAYLE to those Obamabots that voted and supported
the ‘One’!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And,I bet El Code Pinko,are beside themselves at what strategy will work on their own Liberal Party!

Liars lying to Liars!

By: patriette

patriette — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:25:19 +0000

What does the teleprompter suggest?

By: nagee76

nagee76 — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:24:17 +0000

This is exactly why Boumedine v Bush was a TERRIBLE decision – it now gave these terrorist suspects, the chance to file habeas corpus petitions challenging their detention.

This makes it almost impossible to hold these terror suspects at Gitmo – if the Govt does nt have enough evidence or it does not want to reveal how it collected it, these guys get to walk free.

Am I understanding Boumedine correctly ? does any one know how many habeas petitions have been filed by the lawyers of prisioners at Gitmo ??

By: portlandon

portlandon — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:21:17 +0000

Distribute them according to electoral votes. Obama won, they get distributed amongst the blue states.