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A third in Guantanamo aren't terrorists?
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/story/38773.html
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If we know they are innocent, and I can't know what we supposedly know, they should be released.
However, given the nature of the dragnet, I'm surprised we've done as well as we've done.
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Of the 1/3 that were innocent upon arrival, I would bet almost all of them have now become so jaded and angered by their treatment that they would be willing to wage jihad if they were released. It would take a real Andy Dufresne to leave Gitmo as he entered it...an innocent man filled with hope.
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I remember the Egyptian physician supporting Bin Laden, became a jihadist as a result of his government's imprisonment of him. His name starts with a Z. At one level, once one recognizing a mistake, one should correct it. At another level, releasing a potentially dangerous person into the field doesn't give me warm fuzzies. It would be surprising if the detainees do not harbor significant resentment to their confinement. Although from what I can tell it has been relatively humane. That is the key question, how does one release these persons so that they don't become jihadists? Or do we just recognize that's the price of our mistakes and deal with it?
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Better that 1/3 are imprisoned
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