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Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: zonder who wrote (2137)	1/13/2003 7:50:53 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 15987

It is possible that some are not related to Al-Qaeda at all (like the two detainees sent home after about a year in Guantanamo because US authorities realized they had nothing to do with it) and I would like their position to be clarified asap. The fact that the US has released some of the detainees after investigation cleared them would indicate the US is attempting to avoid detaining people who aren't a threat to the US, wouldn't it? And I would expect that when and if further investigation clears others they will be released also. But given the nature of the threat Al Qaida poses, it should be understandable that the investigation process would be extensive and take some time. And people thought to be threats should be held until it is known they are not. If detainees have witnesses or evidence that would exonerate them, I'm pretty sure American authorities would listen to it and evaluate it. The fact that some have been released would indicate this is possible. Actually I think they've released four so far. I would like their position to be clarified asap. ASAP may still take a considerable length of time. And regardless of what their status (POW or detainee) is most of them will almost certainly "rot" for a long time I think. Because there is no way the US will turn loose people who are liable to be a threat to the country in the future. Some of them may be detained for many years, perhaps decades. I'm not sure what the practical alternative is considering that it's very likely that most of them are in fact Al Qaida. During past wars, prisoners were taken and after the war was over and peace was made, POW's were released. I don't think Al Qaida is ever going to "make peace" with the US. And people who are imbued with a religious idealogy which makes them prone to attacking the US aren't going to just up and change. I see no alternative to holding them for a very very long time.