tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000061249436912064.post7719568616218727280..comments2023-10-28T05:14:28.496-05:00Comments on Just my little piece of the world: There's a New Sheriff In Town!!!!Annettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344077085109588258noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000061249436912064.post-17439647518485758252009-01-24T02:36:00.000-06:002009-01-24T02:36:00.000-06:00Excellent, Annette! It's a tough subject and ...Excellent, Annette! It's a tough subject and that's why I for one am glad Obama has given himself a year to figure out exactly HOW we are going to deal with the problem. But the torture stops now, that's important. The GITMO detainees are now treated as regular prisoners. Not great, but much better than before.<BR/><BR/>I wonder about future use of Guantanamo. It is a US military base on foreign soil. It does not have to represent prison torture. As long as we are engaging in any military ops, we can expect some Foreign Enemy Combatants. The advantage to holding them offshore is to keep them out of our regular justice system which requires things they could not get here (like a jury of their peers). But holding them offshore should not mean they are interrogated, tortured and held without trial forever. In fact, I don't see why hearings & trials couldn't begin fairly quickly after capture. Obama will be figuring out what kind of trials are appropriate, but my guess is some kind of special military court, not our regular US civilian judicial system. <BR/><BR/>As usual, I'm amazed at how incompetent the bush people were. Everyone (except their suck-up enablers) knows torture yields bad info; therefore it's worthless. They tortured anyway & that's why they did not want to see trials (tainted evidence plus the teensy details of who authorized extra-legal methods & why we should not be holding them accountable for geneva violations). Well, Obama has ordered trials & hearings, so now it can all be examined, and that is an excellent thing.D.K. Raedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451065603615752038noreply@blogger.com