DeVFaN Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 (edited) http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml...storyID=4139296 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has held three child detainees at its military base in Guantanamo Bay for more than a year and the Pentagon says it has no plans to move or free them, despite international pressure. I was absolutely disgusted after reading this. Shame on you George Bush. This "camp" is disturbing enough without the fact that they are holding children prisoner without a trial. Time for some European countrys to grow some balls and stand up against George W's blatant crimes against human rights. *edit link fixed Edited January 18, 2004 by DeVFaN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Leeds Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 I'm all broken up................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 (edited) I notice that it's British Reuters giving us this news, meaning that once again, the U.S. media is not reporting something against this government. Anyway, 3 children isn't enough to cause outrage in the United States... the standard conversion of children from the US/other children ratio is about 10 to 1, maybe 5 to 1 if they're Western Europeans. Maybe it has something to do with resources consumed, since people in the U.S. tend to consume 5 to 10 times the amount of people in Arab countries. This whole camp is a charade, but if they are children who've been brainwashed, they're still dangerous.. The problem is I don't see anyone going away from this camp without a hatred of the US.. Edited January 17, 2004 by Triumph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Leeds Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 The problem is I don't see anyone going away from this camp without a hatred of the US. Aaaahh, laying the groundwork for the next excuse when something happens. Tri, I think the general difference between you and I is you see them leaving with hatred caused by their detention.......I see it as they are detained because of their previously indoctrinated hatred of the US and the West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 (edited) But once you lock them up, you can't release them. Unless you release them and keep tabs on them to try to find other terrorists. I'm not saying they don't have cause to be locked up, although it'd be nice if the administration actually told us why they were there. I'm saying that once you take someone away from home and imprison them in Cuba for more than 18 months, it's unlikely on their release that they're going to go to the Devry Institute of Kabul and get a decent job. It seems more likely to me that their hatred would only grow in captivity. So you have to keep them there forever. Seems somewhat silly. Edited January 18, 2004 by Triumph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Leeds Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 So you have to keep them there forever. Seems somewhat silly. Seems silly? Seems safer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exit_16w Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Before we jump to any conclusions, like we already have. How old are these alleged "children". The link posted does not work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 I searched around and found the story on US Reuters, I believe the ages were between 12 to 15. The Afghans definitely used children against the Russians, just as they're used all over Africa in civil wars... that's plenty old to fight in the countries we're dealing with. Jimmy, it is safer, but I have no idea what any of these people did. Were they just fighting for the Taliban? Who knows! They're not being officially charged with doing anything wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Leeds Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Well, we released a few of these 'terrorists in training'....free to go home and plot to kill us all. Gee, I hope they aren't too upset...........! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeps Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 They just released them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeVFaN Posted January 30, 2004 Author Share Posted January 30, 2004 Well, we released a few of these 'terrorists in training'....free to go home and plot to kill us all.Gee, I hope they aren't too upset...........! A trial would work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Leeds Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 A trial would work... Why bother? All the anarchists would be screaming how blatantly unfair it would be..... The imperialist USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Right, Jimmy, it's the anarchists who care about trials and laws. The trials would be unfair because the people who would represent the detainees would be appointed by the U.S. government, and somehow all of the people would get convicted anyway. But it'd be nice if the U.S. at least tried to not violate the Geneva Convention.. the same document which we'd like to have obeyed when Americans are being held in a foreign country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsGoDevils Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 But it'd be nice if the U.S. at least tried to not violate the Geneva Convention Of course, you knowing exactly which part of it is being violated and which part if any cover those being held in Cuba? I can't find anything on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbdf Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 old enough to carry a gun, old enough to face the consequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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