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Clonecommando007 New Clone on the Block

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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 4:59 pm Post subject: Guantanamo Bay Closeure Plans |
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US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered plans to be drafted for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, the Pentagon says. |
You can read the full BBC Article Here.
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US President-elect Barack Obama says closing the camp "in a responsible way" is one of his top priorities. |
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earlier this week, Mr Obama said he aimed to shut the facility within two years. |
Where now where we send all of the convicted terrorists? This is shocking indeed. _________________
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ZombieSolo ... eats you all. [zMOD]

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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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I think the most responsible way to close it is to turn it into a theme park. But that's me. |
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Zombie Austin OSHI-! [zMOD]

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H3D1

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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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Good! Finally it goes! And anyway, its not like many rights were observed there!
I like the theme park idea! |
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Zombie Bizzle Destroyed!

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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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DonSolo wrote: |
I think the most responsible way to close it is to turn it into a theme park. But that's me. |
A torture theme theme park? That might not get very many people coming to it... |
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ImpairedZombie Undead!

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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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My views on this stem from Dick Morris:
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The United States has released 425 terrorists from Guantanamo, at least 50 of whom have returned to the battlefield to fight our troops. |
It's a scary thought. _________________ XBLive = BlitzKreger
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CloneZomberor ZOMGpire!

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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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But how many innocent bystanders are still there? _________________
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ThePlasticJedi Maple Leaf Defender

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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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ThinkingImpaired wrote: |
My views on this stem from Dick Morris:
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The United States has released 425 terrorists from Guantanamo, at least 50 of whom have returned to the battlefield to fight our troops. |
It's a scary thought. |
My thoughts are more with the 375 others that you would rather have imprisoned and tortured to keep those 50 from fighting. Rights are rights. _________________ )2eady? "A Royale with cheese"
Chew them out and spit them up. It's the way of the Nooblet. |
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ImpairedZombie Undead!

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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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ThePlasticJedi wrote: |
ThinkingImpaired wrote: |
My views on this stem from Dick Morris:
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The United States has released 425 terrorists from Guantanamo, at least 50 of whom have returned to the battlefield to fight our troops. |
It's a scary thought. |
My thoughts are more with the 375 others that you would rather have imprisoned and tortured to keep those 50 from fighting. Rights are rights. |
I never said there were any that never fought the U.S. in the first place. Just that we've found atleast 50 from killing/capturing them a second time.
I haven't done research so that fact is really the only thing I can lean on. _________________ XBLive = BlitzKreger
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KungZombie ZOMGpire!

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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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You might wanna, you know, do at least a little research before you hold up anything you get from Dick Morris as a fact.  _________________
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ThePlasticJedi Maple Leaf Defender

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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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Regardless what the facts may or may not be, you are still generalizing. And generalizing is not equal rights. _________________ )2eady? "A Royale with cheese"
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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ThePlasticJedi wrote: |
Regardless what the facts may or may not be, you are still generalizing. And generalizing is not equal rights. |
Paul, you are Canadian, you don't get equal rights. Now, get back in the kitchen and grab me a beer, and fry up some Canadian bacon.
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ThePlasticJedi Maple Leaf Defender

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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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That's it! I'm gonna go post all about you in the nationality discrimination thread now  _________________ )2eady? "A Royale with cheese"
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Tyrant
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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Not that I think Gitmo was the best way to handle that, but what are the real alternatives and what are the plans for the people still held there? The civilian jails and courts are out of the question. So is the plan to still house them at a military base and still try them in some type of military court?
From my understanding (not claiming to be anything close to an expert on international law) they aren't covered by the Geneva convention as they aren't uniformed enemy combatants. I doubt they have any legally afforded rights beyond what we chose to give them. It is similar to when spies are captured. By all rights the one capturing them can do as they please with them including everything from torture to indefinate imprisonment. I'm not saying that is what we should do, but (again barring some misunderstanding I have about this situation which is possible) there's nothing legal saying we can't. I don't think we should do those things but I have been wondering for a while why people keep saying they have assorted right that I'm pretty sure they don't. The military justice system is mostly removed from the civilian justice system and they aren't covered by the Geneva convention (not to mention that they don't follow it at all) so what is their legal argument? Just curious.
Also, to be clear, I am talking about people captured on the battlefields actively fighting against the US. I'm not talking about creative rendition which is highly questionable (as in, I don't think it has a legal leg to stand on) from a legal standpoint. Nor am I talking about known terrorists being captured and turned over to us. I think those two matters are for the civilian courts. |
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KungZombie ZOMGpire!

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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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People asserting that the detainees have rights are speaking in terms of certain unalienable human rights, not whatever the law books happen to dictate at the time. Detaining people indefinitely, without ever charging them with a crime, while torturing and yadda yadda yadda may be legally permissible, but a lot of folks don't think it's morally permissible. _________________
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RebelZombie Undead!

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Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:03 am Post subject: |
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The United States has released 425 terrorists from Guantanamo, at least 50 of whom have returned to the battlefield to fight our troops. |
Well, duh! If I were imprisoned for years and then released without being charged, I'd probably do the same. Those guys aren't fighting against "our" troops as terrorists, they're fighting against an invading army. Don't get me wrong, I think every religious zealot is an idiot but it's easy to see how people are threatened by foreign invaders. _________________ |)0U{|-|3 |)0U{|-|3=================================== |
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ThePlasticJedi Maple Leaf Defender

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Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:04 am Post subject: |
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KungFused wrote: |
People asserting that the detainees have rights are speaking in terms of certain unalienable human rights, not whatever the law books happen to dictate at the time. Detaining people indefinitely, without ever charging them with a crime, while torturing and yadda yadda yadda may be legally permissible, but a lot of folks don't think it's morally permissible. |
Yep, couldn't have said it better myself. _________________ )2eady? "A Royale with cheese"
Chew them out and spit them up. It's the way of the Nooblet. |
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Tyrant
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Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:53 am Post subject: |
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KungFused wrote: |
People asserting that the detainees have rights are speaking in terms of certain unalienable human rights, not whatever the law books happen to dictate at the time. Detaining people indefinitely, without ever charging them with a crime, while torturing and yadda yadda yadda may be legally permissible, but a lot of folks don't think it's morally permissible. |
The way I see most people talk about the subject, I had assumed they actually were meaning legal rights of some kind because the courts seem to get brought up in the same general line of thought. I get the human rights argument.
So, what do they propose as the alternative? Obviously civilian court doesn't cover these things as our laws don't cover foreign nationals commiting crimes on foreign soul (or, to be more clear, if they do it's absurd). That leaves either international court (where they have no legal standing and possibly haven't done anything to rise to the level of warcrimes) and military court which is where this seems to wind up eventually. I imagine a military trial would be pretty quick given that they were arrested in the act of fighting us. Pretty open and shut. Then we're right back to where to detain them and what to do with them while we detain them. I am guessing the sentence for fighting against us is near indefinite. So, what is the real alternative? What do we do with actual POWs while a war is still in progress? I assume that barring an exchange we keep them until the war is over. Aside from the fact this war will likely never be over, what is the difference here? |
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KungZombie ZOMGpire!

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Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:06 am Post subject: |
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I think the fundamental mistake in your assessment of the current situation is this: you believe that the people who are being detained at Guantanamo were arrested for an unambiguous act of hostility against the United States. Unfortunately, that's not true -- which is why people want detainees to have a right to public trial. If these people were in fact threatening the national security of the country, then they should definitely be locked up -- but right now, they're being held 'cause the government says so, and can potentially continue to be held 'cause the government says so until either they or the government die of old age. All the human rights folks want is for the government to say "Okay, this guy was being a threat to our national security by supplying Al Qaeda with explosives," and then show convincing evidence of such, so we can go "Oh, okay then. Lock him up." _________________
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Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:38 am Post subject: |
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This is great news. I've never been comfortable with the torture that's occuring there, no matter how despicable the suspected and convicted terrorists that are being held there may be. Never sink to their level.
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Tyrant
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Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:52 am Post subject: |
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KungFused wrote: |
I think the fundamental mistake in your assessment of the current situation is this: you believe that the people who are being detained at Guantanamo were arrested for an unambiguous act of hostility against the United States. Unfortunately, that's not true -- which is why people want detainees to have a right to public trial. If these people were in fact threatening the national security of the country, then they should definitely be locked up -- but right now, they're being held 'cause the government says so, and can potentially continue to be held 'cause the government says so until either they or the government die of old age. All the human rights folks want is for the government to say "Okay, this guy was being a threat to our national security by supplying Al Qaeda with explosives," and then show convincing evidence of such, so we can go "Oh, okay then. Lock him up." |
I believe you need to reread what I wrote. I very specifically said the people taken prisoner while engaged in hostile actions against us (as in, on the battlefield). I further stated that I believe the others you are talking about do have the right to some form of real trial and that the current methods are most likely illegal. Please read what I said. I am referring to POWs. Which brings me back to my question of how is this any different from other POW situations? Aside from the difference that they technially aren't covered by the Geneva Convention and the fact that the "war" is very ambiguous and could theoretically last forever? Maybe if they bothered to keep prisoners alive they would have something to exchange. |
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ZombieAthos Destroyed!

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Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:32 am Post subject: |
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And here, I was thinking political topics were verboten...
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Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:36 am Post subject: |
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Tyrant
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Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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I want to be sure that my comments aren't causing escalation or anything like that. I am not trying to stir anything up. I agree with the general sentiment that the situation at Gitmo (and the policies associated with it)needs to change. I am just saying that the two obvious possible changes, put them into the civilian system and let them go, are simply not going to happen no matter who is in office. So, while cheering this on, you should be wondering what will happen instead. That's what I am saying and why I am questioning these things. I think rushing to make changes with no apparent plan (I'm sure there is a plan, but I have no clue what it could be that wouldn't still ruffle lots of feathers) is a bad idea, especially given that lack of planning is a major cause of this problem. From my perspective, we are heading towards "be careful what you wish for" territory. |
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ThePlasticJedi Maple Leaf Defender

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Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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Tyrant wrote: |
KungFused wrote: |
I think the fundamental mistake in your assessment of the current situation is this: you believe that the people who are being detained at Guantanamo were arrested for an unambiguous act of hostility against the United States. Unfortunately, that's not true -- which is why people want detainees to have a right to public trial. If these people were in fact threatening the national security of the country, then they should definitely be locked up -- but right now, they're being held 'cause the government says so, and can potentially continue to be held 'cause the government says so until either they or the government die of old age. All the human rights folks want is for the government to say "Okay, this guy was being a threat to our national security by supplying Al Qaeda with explosives," and then show convincing evidence of such, so we can go "Oh, okay then. Lock him up." |
I believe you need to reread what I wrote. I very specifically said the people taken prisoner while engaged in hostile actions against us (as in, on the battlefield). I further stated that I believe the others you are talking about do have the right to some form of real trial and that the current methods are most likely illegal. Please read what I said. I am referring to POWs. Which brings me back to my question of how is this any different from other POW situations? Aside from the difference that they technially aren't covered by the Geneva Convention and the fact that the "war" is very ambiguous and could theoretically last forever? Maybe if they bothered to keep prisoners alive they would have something to exchange. |
You can prove any point by isolating circumstances far enough, we were clearly discussing the whole picture
As for what will happen to those who are committing blatant violence... Why risk catching them alive?  _________________ )2eady? "A Royale with cheese"
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Tyrant
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Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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ThePlasticJedi wrote: |
You can prove any point by isolating circumstances far enough, we were clearly discussing the whole picture
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Well, as I said I don't believe the other means that these people are being taken prisoner and sent there are entirely legal and should have something about them.
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As for what will happen to those who are committing blatant violence... Why risk catching them alive?  |
Believe it or not, I was going to put that the simple solution to the problem is not taking prisoners in both of previous posts. However, I don't endorse that idea and I know I am not alone in that line of thinking. I believe if people are captured then simply murdering them at that point isn't right. Although, it might be humane given that they are likely to be "vigorously interrogated" no matter who captures them. I think it's a very gray area that has no easy answer. Not taking prisoners (and I'm pretty sure everyone knows what that really means) would result in as much or more outrage around the world. |
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Jedd the Zombie Undead!

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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:31 am Post subject: |
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I think Guantanamo Bay signified the heartlessness and paranoia of the Bush era. It's really not wise to send someone to a torture camp based on assumptions, and it's not like torture camps should still exist anyway. Interesting films to watch regarding the subject include the documentary Road to Gunatanamo and Rendition. _________________ Ironic, huh.
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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:39 am Post subject: |
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Jedd the Jedi wrote: |
Interesting films to watch regarding the subject include the documentary Road to Gunatanamo and Rendition. |
Don't forget Harold and Kumar Go To Gunatanamo Bay  _________________
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As my first post from my long, long hiatus, I'll just say this:
I call shenanigans. If Gitmo closes, they'll open up somewhere else, somewhere in Africa, where NO laws exist. _________________ Trade, Anyone?
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Jedd the Zombie Undead!

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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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DestructiveDelirium wrote: |
Jedd the Jedi wrote: |
Interesting films to watch regarding the subject include the documentary Road to Gunatanamo and Rendition. |
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I was trying to avoid mentioning that one. _________________ Ironic, huh.
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