Numbers, in this case, I think obscure the issue. And I realize, I brought them up, so I'm to blame. What is important in Guantanamo, as in the regular justice system, or political system, is the process.
What do I believe? I believe we are in a war and that we are just in taking enemy combatants. I think it behooves us both from a moral and practical standpoint, not to mistake innocents as enemy combatants. My understanding of Guantanamo is that we rounded up people we had good reason to believe are bad guys. I don't think we went around picking up randoms. That being said, having good reason to believe they are bad guys,doesn't mean they are bad guys. So we should and I believe, we do, look into the reasons why we picked them up, and investigate how dangerous the people we have locked up are. If they aren't, we let them go. If they are, or we can't determine, we keep them locked up until hostilities cease.
Yes, this goes against the concept of innocent until proven guilty. Yes, for numerous reasons, the process is secretive. Yes, this opens the door to bureaucratic abuse. Yes, it royally sucks if an innocent man gets mistaken for al queda. I wish we didn't have to do it or something similar. But I don't see a better option for fighting these guys.
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Numbers, in this case, I think obscure the issue. And I realize, I brought them up, so I'm to blame. What is important in Guantanamo, as in the regular justice system, or political system, is the process.
What do I believe? I believe we are in a war and that we are just in taking enemy combatants. I think it behooves us both from a moral and practical standpoint, not to mistake innocents as enemy combatants. My understanding of Guantanamo is that we rounded up people we had good reason to believe are bad guys. I don't think we went around picking up randoms. That being said, having good reason to believe they are bad guys,doesn't mean they are bad guys. So we should and I believe, we do, look into the reasons why we picked them up, and investigate how dangerous the people we have locked up are. If they aren't, we let them go. If they are, or we can't determine, we keep them locked up until hostilities cease.
Yes, this goes against the concept of innocent until proven guilty. Yes, for numerous reasons, the process is secretive. Yes, this opens the door to bureaucratic abuse. Yes, it royally sucks if an innocent man gets mistaken for al queda. I wish we didn't have to do it or something similar. But I don't see a better option for fighting these guys.
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