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Does it seem like a good idea for Obama to bring terrorists into America?

Obama planning U.S. trials for Guantanamo detainees

"President-elect Obama's advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face criminal trials"

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/natio...

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  • 1 decade ago
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    What will we do with the 50% of guilty people our courts acquit?

    Once things are stable - they should be sent back to Iraq to face trial for their war crimes there.

    In any other war in world history these people would simply be shot for being out of uniform. Or for being saboteurs.

    Rights for saboteurs? PUH-LEEZE

  • 1 decade ago

    No but it does not surprise me. Once they are here they will be tried and then either sentenced to prison, or if the court has its liberal spin, let them go here in America, because their country of origin is no longer safe for them to return to.

    The end result is these people that wanted only to KILL AMERICANS being set free here where there are 350 million americans. That is better than 72 virgins.

  • 1 decade ago

    Alleged terrorists. The end of sanctioned torture by the US is just a start. Yes is is a good idea. Gitmo must go and this is part of a process that moves the country away from the fear and paralysis of the past 8 years.

  • 1 decade ago

    No one should be held indefinately. We have the right to a speedy trail in the USA why should these men not be given that right as well? It is a situation that needs to be taken care of, should have been taken care of long ago, and has a HUGE impact on the way the rest of the world veiws America.

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  • 1 decade ago

    It's about time they receive trials! If any other nation were holding "enemy combatants" indefinitely without charging them, and without due process the US would be the first to step up and condemn the practice.

  • Phil M
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    1 decade ago

    They aren't terrorists until we state them as terrorists, right now Bush has them in there as "enemy combatants"

    Which means, we're taking prisoners of war and holding them indefinitely...how noble and humane of us. Way to win the minds and hearts guys...

    They've been there for what, 3-5 years without trial? This is America sir, they are our problem and we're leaving them locked up in Cuba because our current Administration doesn't have the intestinal fortitude to justify their imprisonment on US Soil.

  • 1 decade ago

    The Federal Supermax in Colorado currently houses terrorists ranging from the guy who bombed the WTC to the unabomber.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADX_Florence

  • 1 decade ago

    He's giving them what they should have had years ago: A trial by law!!! It's a good sign that the U.S might start to de-nazify under Obama.

  • 1 decade ago

    Great! Right after that let's shut down our nuclear arsenal. Yippee! Come and get us!

  • 1 decade ago

    It's the best thing he could do. And in this country, aren't we supposed to be innocent until proven guilty? Well, they haven't had so much as a hearing and it's been 6 yrs since some of them were incarcerated.

  • 1 decade ago

    No, the point of Guantanamo was to keep them off our soil. Once they get here the overseas oil money will buy them the best attorneys in the land and then they will be loose with us and our families!

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