Re: Obama New Detainee Policy

2009-04-13 Thread Scott Stroz
So, Gitmo would have been OK with you if it was in Iraq? On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > I don't know. > > Afghanistan = war zone. > > war zone != laws as normal > > I have no problem with keeping prisoners in a war zone using long-held > prisoner of war rules, includ

Re: Obama New Detainee Policy

2009-04-13 Thread Gruss Gott
> JJ wrote: > > No, we paid bounty for any people other people we didnt really know > very well said were "combatants" captured "on the battlefield". Yeah, that's what I said. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most impor

Re: Obama New Detainee Policy

2009-04-13 Thread Gruss Gott
> jj wrote: > Including a number of people that were "sold" to us for bounty, with > no real idea of what they did. Captured in a dozen different countries > (not just countries we are "at war" with or in. > Zackly. We paid bounty for any "combatants" captured on the "battlefield".

Re: Obama New Detainee Policy

2009-04-13 Thread Jerry Johnson
No, we paid bounty for any people other people we didnt really know very well said were "combatants" captured "on the battlefield". Which turns out now was often not true. people were actually kidnapped and sold to settle family and business feuds, not because they were terrorists. And they were t

Re: Obama New Detainee Policy

2009-04-13 Thread Jerry Johnson
Not from what I have read about who was and are there. I took from who was there, how they got there, and what we were accusing them of (not "charges" per se, just "he is bad"), that it became a place to send those people we didn't know what else to do with. Including a number of people that were

Re: Obama New Detainee Policy

2009-04-13 Thread Dana
bwahaha. You silly dreamer you. On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 9:58 AM, G Money wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > >> The problem _I_ had with Guantanamo is that it was a "throw em all in >> the same pot" plan, with no distinguishing between where they were >> captured

Re: Obama New Detainee Policy

2009-04-13 Thread G Money
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > The problem _I_ had with Guantanamo is that it was a "throw em all in > the same pot" plan, with no distinguishing between where they were > captured, what they were doing, and no possible resolution, since it > wasn't in a war zone, so th

Re: Obama New Detainee Policy

2009-04-13 Thread Jerry Johnson
I don't know. Afghanistan = war zone. war zone != laws as normal I have no problem with keeping prisoners in a war zone using long-held prisoner of war rules, including rights to medical but not legal, until the end of the war in that war zone. The problem _I_ had with Guantanamo is that it wa

Obama New Detainee Policy

2009-04-13 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
When it comes to some points, there ain't none. I bet this action pisses off a few Obama supporters. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/10/AR2009041003269.html Obama Follows Bush Policy on Detainee Access to Courts By R. Jeffrey Smith Washington Post Staff Writer Satur