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| 2009-02-24 |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Just another confirmation that there are far too many people in leadership positions to which they have no talent or training. Not just in the US, either. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-02-24 14:10 |
| #5 But there is also a view in some quarters of the U.S. government that cases such as Ajmi's are the inevitable result of locking up 779 foreigners in an austere military prison, without access to courts or consular representation, and subjecting them to interrogation techniques that detainees say amount to torture. Some of them are bound to seek revenge, these officials believe. You see, it's all Bush's fault. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-02-24 12:57 |
| #4 Give Abdallah a break. He was trying to get to the Spring Break party at Pismo Beach but took a wrong turn at Albuquerque and, poof, ended up in Afghanistan. Could happen to any gay, fun loving muslim boy. Too top it all off, Abdallah was just trying to get to the Dubai Ramadan Bacchanalia (Hef and the Bunnies were featured) and as luck would have it, took a wrong turn on the Kuwait City interchange and ended up in northern Iraq with an exploding Pinto. It's almost like allah was against him. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-02-24 10:19 |
| #3 “And for those allowed to go free, assistance in resuming a normal life is rare.” Of course, WaPo’s assumption here is that this toad actually had a “normal life” to resume. As if his training in a Pakistani Madrassa was…you know…like summer camp. Because we all know if it weren’t for his time at GITMO and the lack of “assistance” he would return to those happy go lucky days of smoking cigs and shit-hooks in daddy’s car. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2009-02-24 09:53 |
| #2 A tough choice. I wuz interrupted. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2009-02-24 06:30 |
| #1 His case illuminates a key challenge facing the Obama administration as it considers how to close the U.S. military prison and resolve the futures of the approximately 245 incarcerated there. Once detainees are sent home, even to friendly nations, the United States has very little influence over what happens to them. Convictions are not guaranteed. Neither is surveillance by home countries. And for those allowed to go free, assistance in resuming a normal life is rare. When W was in office, only neocon neanderthals wanted to keep Gitmo open. Now that The One is in, it's a difficult thig, a thought choice. That's why I love the WaPo. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2009-02-24 06:22 |