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OwnerOfFems -> RE: Bergdahl (6/2/2014 10:04:17 PM)
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You know, I'm probably more qualified to speak about these 5 enemy combatants than anyone else on this site -- I'm also the least able to. I was at GITMO. I can tell you the beaches sucked, the beer was cold, and the fishing was good. I can also say I was assigned to Camp Delta 1 and 2 in a supervisory capacity of the guard force in the early years. I saw their files and many other ones. None of these prisoners should of been released. I don't care what promises were made by the Qatar government, these 5 have been wanted back by the Taliban for quite a while and with reason. They will resurface in Afghanistan again and it will not be good for the stability of the government -- not that it's that stable to start with. I also know some you have the luxury of taking the high ground on how these individuals should be treated with our ideas of civil rights and due process. Let me tell you, they would slit your f'ing throats in a heartbeat. Those are concepts that are lost on them.
Now while down there, our job was to secure and safeguard them in accordance with the Geneva Conventions (despite what many said about them not applying), the Articles of War, and US law. We did that and we did it in nothing less than a professional manner with the prisoners under our control. I can say I was proud of my troops then, and my old unit is currently back there conducting the same mission with the same degree of professionalism. Now, ask me personally what should be done with these prisoners, and I will tell you a bullet in the back of the head of the majority of them. Could I play God and decide? Absolutely, and not lose a moment of sleep over it.
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