My liberal brother and sister in law proclaims, "Well, we need to restore our credibility in the world by closing Gitmo!" Or the ever popular "It's a recruiting tool for terrorists!" Or my favorite "Let's return to the rule of law!"
Someone didn't tell the terrorists that, so why should these b##ches have the same rights as a true combatant, or yes, an American citizen like you and me?
Good lord, no matter what we do, these terrorists will still recruit and attack us. When we release them, they just recycle back into the mix. Remember that scene in Saving Private Ryan where that weasly little p#ssy translator pleads for not killing the big German guy? Yeah, the same guy who kills the two guys in the upstairs attic? Yeah, that's what happens in the real world too:
WASHINGTON — Terrorism suspects who have been held but released from Guantánamo Bay are increasingly returning to the fight against the United States and its allies, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
Sixty-one detainees released from the U.S. Navy base prison in Cuba are believed to have rejoined the fight, said Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell, citing data from December. That's up from 37 as of March, he said.
The new figures come as President-elect Obama prepares to issue an executive order during his first week in office to close the controversial prison.
Source: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...yndication=rss
So when Gitmo is officially closed, when we can no longer torture these bastards and find out what they're up to, we'll see how all this "new respect" and our "restored credibility" gets us. May I remind the supporters of closing down of Gitmo that when we didn't have Gitmo and didnt waterboard these bastards during the Clinton days, they blew up our embassies, bombed the USS Cole, etc. etc. So much for that line of thinking.