I know this topic has been discussed and re-discussed, but I think there is another option besides justice or revenge. There is an aspect of self defense in removing certain malcontents/murders/terrorists from the battlefield. You can't execute the prisoners on the the battlefield, you can't let them go, and most Americans would not want these individuals placed on US soil.
Guantanamo is the best place to keep enemy combatants, as a bullet to the head is really not an option.
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Keeping them at Guantanamo I don't feel is the main concern of America, its what treatment they get while there. You see we're supposed to be the civilized ones that leads the world in 'how to' do things so if we use barbaric methods and keep these people there with no kind of trial then what happens is we are just as bad as they are.
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Sorry if I do not feel bad for some guys getting slapped around a bit or water being poured on his face. To me that is not torture.
Therefore an argument that they are being mistreated falls on deaf ears to someone like me.
Cutting off a persons head while yelling "Allah Ackbar",circumcising females, stoning women for being raped and calling it adultery etc.: now that is mistreatment you should be arguing against.
In my opinion the U.S. Is going to have to be a little less "civilized" if we want to win a war.
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What about if this is being done and they are truly innocent? What I mean is that it has been reported that many of the men that were taken from Afghanistan to Guantanamo were just 'sold out' as being a bad guy by those looking to make a quick buck from American forces. They were men with families and not part of the Taliban or anything like that - that is torture even if it is just to be locked up!
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Guantanamo Judge Grapples With Disruptive Terror Suspects
The Sept. 11, 2001, conspiracy case began at Guantanamo Bay Saturday as a battle of wills between a military judge and the five defendants, who ignored most of the morning proceedings while their lawyers repeatedly challenged as unfair the military commission set up to try them. Ref. Source 1
Top court rejects appeals by Guantanamo prisoners:
The high court sided with the Obama administration and rejected appeals by seven detainees who lost their bid for freedom in cases before U.S. Federal judges in Washington, D.C.. The court issued no statement with its order and no justice publicly dissented. Ref. Source 5