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Originally Posted by waste gate
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Originally Posted by robbo180265
But surely you can see that innocent people could get detained by mistake,and if that happens America can hardly stand for "Truth and Justice" can it?
"Essentially, we have shaken the belief the world had in America's justice system by keeping a place like Guantanamo open and creating things like the military commission."
That's exactly right.
Ok America isn't sawing the heads off it's captives,but it's not exactly treating them as a civilised society should either IMO.
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That we discuss the issue says we are treating those in GTMO in a civilized manner. If the US had rejected the ideal of "Truth and Justice" the GTMO detainees would be dead. No one would have know they even existed. End of the discussion.
By contrast look at Germany, the Soviet Union, Argentina. Not 'til after the fact is any discussion existant. |
Some represent it as a hotel with 5 stars...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1766037.stm