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Originally Posted by Cali Coug
Surely you can do better than that. We are now operating on assumptions that she has proof of her claims and assumptions that book publishers require proof before publishing (and saying that such assumptions are reasonable) AND assuming that she has no ulterior motive in making her claims AND assuming that she isn't withholding additional information about detainee treatment that is more negative? THAT is what you are going with here? Um, okay.
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I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt, like any reasonable person would do. You are not that person.
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Originally Posted by Cali Coug
Should we assume that the person is living a great life and is treated well?
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Another bad analogy. You're arguing that imprisonment itself is
de facto poor treatment, which is a separate discussion that you insist on conflating with this one. I'll help you out and
start a new thread where you can pontificate on that topic.
As to this one, a reasonable person would evaluate how the detainees are being treated compared to (1) what is considered humane generally, and (2) what is typical for an enemy combatant. All the evidence, from this woman and from others, points to the conclusion that the US is exceeding the standard on both counts.