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    Re: Hypocritical at all?

    Quote Originally Posted by si_the_geek
    You claimed that "all will" based on "two have".

    While it is more likely than the lottery, it is clearly a prediction.
    "Two" who have been found to have successfully regrouped and return to terrorism and successfully commit SIGNIFICANT acts - and the government intelligence agencies released such reports to the media as an example.

    How many are being followed and being watched closely? How many attempts were thwarted without intervention due to ex-detainee's lack of resources or freedom (being held in their home country like many Saudi's)?

    I never claimed 'all will', I am stating that people want to believe multitudes of persons at Gitmo are innocent or 'not that bad', and can't wake up to the fact there are valid reasons why even Obama has not yet released them.

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    Re: Hypocritical at all?

    Quote Originally Posted by nemaroller
    How many are being followed and being watched closely? How many attempts were thwarted without intervention due to ex-detainee's lack of resources or freedom (being held in their home country like many Saudi's)?
    I suspect all have been monitored carefully, except where there are political reasons that stop it (most of which could be negotiated, eg: "we'll let him back into your country if we can send someone to watch him").

    How many didn't do anything simply because they never intended to anyway?
    I never claimed 'all will',
    That is what this implies:
    knowing full well the rest in the pack will return to their previous behavior
    I am stating that people want to believe multitudes of persons at Gitmo are innocent or 'not that bad', and can't wake up to the fact there are valid reasons why even Obama has not yet released them.
    That kind of accusation keeps coming up, but I'm not sure why.

    I for one have certainly never claimed they were innocent - only that they should be given trial, and at least some of them should probably not have been there in the first place (as they were not part of the "war").
    Last edited by si_the_geek; Feb 26th, 2009 at 05:16 PM.

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