The Gitmo Dilemma

Joke - 911 call received. "Hi, this is Bob. I was duck hunting with Sam. His shotgun backfired. I think he is dead. What do I do?"
Call person - "Well the first thing is to make certain he is dead."

((shotgun blast in background)

"Okay, now what do I do?"

WHY

It is to my knowledge that Pakistan collected these people and delivered them to our military. We didn't know who they were and where they came from. Since al quaida had nothing to do with 9-11 why are these men being held at all?

Probably the darkest legacy of Bush's administration. I see no recourse for this except to create detainment camps where the living conditions and treatment are HUMAN.

I do see the problems with Yemen, having studied the Arab world a bit in college. Calling Yemen's borders "porous" is an understatement. They almost don't exist, with many areas realistically under control of tribal groups in wilderness areas. It doesn't recuse the torture though.

Send them to Crawford TX.

There are only three options available that make sense: 1) For "accidental" captives such as the Uighurs, we must offer them assylum or help provide it elsewhere. It is a little bizarre that we would be offering assylum from ourselves, but sobeit. 2) Transfer some to our court system. Ours is a country of Law. If we blew the prosecution, sobeit. 3) Repatriate the remainder to either Afghanistani or Iraqi without prerequisites.

Dear Mr Ephron, the Uighurs have apparently done nothing wrong, but are a problem created by the US. Why not admit them to the US as refugees? I don't see why not - it is your mess, why should Europe or anybody else clean it up for you? The other cases appear more difficult. It all comes down to a choice in each individual case: Charge them or release them. The risk they take up terrorism appears, in general, remote.

Dear Mr Ephron, the Uighurs have apparently done nothing wrong, but are a problem created by the US. Why not admit them to the US as refugees? I don't see why not - it is your mess, why should Europe or anybody else clean it up for you? The other cases appear more difficult. It all comes down to a choice in each individual case: Charge them or release them. The risk they take up terrorism appears, in general, remote.

They deserve a fair trial. If Bush's mistakes make it impossible to convict him, the blame falls to him, not Obama. We gave Jeffrey Dahmer and Tim McVeigh a fair trial, so we have no reason to deny these men, no matter how despicable their actions, a fair trial.