Comments on: Federal judge orders release of Uighur detainees from Guantanamo Bay.

By: celtic cynic

celtic cynic — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:34:14 +0000

…and that they should not be sent back to China where they likely would be tortured.”

Right, let’s torture them here and save the airfare.

By: MapleStreet

MapleStreet — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:51:20 +0000

Oh, I should have added, can I suspect that the cost per prisoner per year is probably enough to float a small country ? couldn’t we divert those funds to a luxury room at the Hilton ?

By: MapleStreet

MapleStreet — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:50:34 +0000

Let me be dumb and take everything at face value. They aren’t welcome in the US because they may hurt us. They would be tortured if sent back to China.

So the best possible solution for these innocent folks is to hold them in a maximum, maximum security facility arranged around breaking folks ?

You’re saying we can’t find some way which is a more relaxed setting ?

By: ElBruce

ElBruce — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:33:09 +0000

I’m tired of hearing what the administration wants or doesn’t want. You’ve received a judicial order. Shut up and comply, or go to prison.

By: lurker

lurker — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:04:24 +0000

Leftside Annie Says:
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The fact that America has become a “torture nation” disgusts me – and shames me – more than I can say…

I agree and that we will be responsible for captured Americans to be tortured as well. I am surprised the Obama hasn’t called out mcan’t for his vote against the anti-torture bill.
How many of the innocent prisoners at gitmo will want to join
AQ when they do get released?

By: Kahoneez

Kahoneez — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:00:24 +0000

You mean they won’t be released to China , so they can be TORTURED AGAIN, and can we get off this ” ERROR” crap , this is a deliberate inhumane attempt to hold these guys indefinitely and torture them in the mean time, and remember the act of losing your freedom ALONE and being locked up like an animal, IS A FORM OF TORTURE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’RE 100% INNOCENT .
These CRIMES taken place , not meeestaaakes, not errors, not accidents, goddamn crimes by the bush regime .

By: Gregor Samsa

Gregor Samsa — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:00:09 +0000

they should not be sent back to China where they likely would be tortured.

Yeah, the Bush administration wouldn’t want to see that happening.

I mean, why outsource torture, when there are so many thugs in the US who are willing to do it, and many more mouthbreathers happy to support and advocate the practice?

By: galmud

galmud — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:56:09 +0000

Its sad and ironic. These Uighur men, mostly simple farmers fled persecution in China, and left their families behind to seek a better life for them and their families in the United States. But then in 2001 they were sold as “terrorists” or “Al Qaeda members” to US forces in Afghanistan or Pakistan and locked up indefinitely by the very same country where they had hoped to find freedom and justice

By: IgnoranceIsNotBliss

IgnoranceIsNotBliss — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:55:38 +0000

Thanks ht.

By: hussein toasterhead

hussein toasterhead — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:38:59 +0000

IgnoranceIsNotBliss Says:

Someone help me out here: If they were sent back, why would they be tortured? For some reason, I’m not following the logic of their argument. Or I’m missing something.

October 7th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
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They’re most likely sympathetic to the East Turkestan resistance movement, which opposes the Chinese colonization of Xinjiang province. China had them sent to GTMO to get rid of them, and to win style points with us. They tied the Uighur rejection of colonial rule with al-Qa’ida, and we bought it.

Torture and dissapearances of Uighur political prisoners is a commonplace occurrence in Xinjiang.

By: A Patriot Acting

A Patriot Acting — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:29:41 +0000

Isn’t it funny to think that if these men were Americans that were tortured and held captive for years they would somehow be uniquely qualified to be President?! What a bunch of patriotic mavericks those Chinese Muslims are!

By: IgnoranceIsNotBliss

IgnoranceIsNotBliss — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:26:09 +0000

Someone help me out here: If they were sent back, why would they be tortured? For some reason, I’m not following the logic of their argument. Or I’m missing something.

By: mary

mary — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:20:25 +0000

I cannot imagine that these men would want to live here after what they’ve gone through, but, I would think that it’s this country’s responsibility to find them somewhere to live.

My understanding is that some of them were hoping that Turkey would grant them political asylum.

By: The Republic of Stupidity

The Republic of Stupidity — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:15:08 +0000

Bilbo Hussein Baggins Says:

Why Bush thinks it’s OK to keep these innocent men in Guantanamo speaks volumes about Bush’s compassion.
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Uh, didn’t you really mean to say… Bush’s “UTTER and COMPLETE lack of compassion”

By: Dumb_Hussein_Fox

Dumb_Hussein_Fox — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:14:13 +0000

the Bush administration doesn’t want the detainees coming to the U.S. because “that sets a legal precedent.”

What precedent would that be? That people who the government decides aren’t terrorists may visit America?

Anyhow, maybe someone can be creative and, say, release them somewhere other than China or America. Crazy idea, no?

By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins

Bilbo Hussein Baggins — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:10:33 +0000

Since we are the reason why these innocent men can’t be sent back to China, then I think we owe them asylum in this country. Why Bush thinks it’s OK to keep these innocent men in Guantanamo speaks volumes about Bush’s compassion.

By: DRxJ

DRxJ — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:08:25 +0000

Bush administration doesn’t want the detainees coming to the U.S. because “that sets a legal precedent.”

There’s that funny word again…. LAW!
Which this administration knows nothing about!

By: Zimzone

Zimzone — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:07:15 +0000

Now we know what to do with ‘The Big Dick’ & ‘The Little Chimp’…

Send them to China as a hedge against our debt.

Yes, they will be tortured, but who started this game, anyway?

By: ralph the wonder llama

ralph the wonder llama — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:06:09 +0000

the Bush administration doesn’t want the detainees coming to the U.S. because “that sets a legal precedent.”

Hey! That’s the same reason they don’t want Harriet Miers and Josh Bolton testifying! What a coincidence!

By: hussein toasterhead

hussein toasterhead — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:05:23 +0000

barfly Says:

We should at least offer them the opportunity of coming to the US – and watch firsthand as our economy goes over a cliff.

October 7th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
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Good point. If the economy keeps tanking, Xinjiang might look like a better alternative after all, torture or not.