John McCain and Senator Graham are right
I hardly agree with Republicans on issues of "terror" and how to protect this country, but Senator Graham & John McCain are right on the way to handle Guantanamo and how to move forward.
I got caught up in watching CSPAN the other night and Senator Graham and others were discussing Guantanamo. And the main point he and I agree on is that the prison should close, we should move on and not prosecute for waterboarding. I do not doubt, however, that waterboarding is torture, but that is a completely seperate issue.
The full Op/Ed piece with Senator McCain is here
One point he completely misses though: He states that 1 in 10 enemies that are released are back fighting us again. But the issue is: Did we create that enemy via the torture and injustice or were they already an enemy?
And he admits that the "net" of what was an "enemy combatant" was too broad, so bascially yes, we captured some innocent people, tortured them, found out they weren't Al Queda, let them go and now 1 in 10 of them want to kill us.
But I do admit Democrats seem to forget that if these prisoners ARE Al Queda or have shot at American troops, well sorry, but they don't get to be free.
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I got caught up in watching CSPAN the other night and Senator Graham and others were discussing Guantanamo. And the main point he and I agree on is that the prison should close, we should move on and not prosecute for waterboarding. I do not doubt, however, that waterboarding is torture, but that is a completely seperate issue.
The full Op/Ed piece with Senator McCain is here
One point he completely misses though: He states that 1 in 10 enemies that are released are back fighting us again. But the issue is: Did we create that enemy via the torture and injustice or were they already an enemy?
And he admits that the "net" of what was an "enemy combatant" was too broad, so bascially yes, we captured some innocent people, tortured them, found out they weren't Al Queda, let them go and now 1 in 10 of them want to kill us.
But I do admit Democrats seem to forget that if these prisoners ARE Al Queda or have shot at American troops, well sorry, but they don't get to be free.
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