Gitmo stuff...where's the outrage from Obama?

[Usually Lurkin]

Originally Posted by Mavdog

the issue in regard to al queda and the geneva convention on treatment of prisioners was a result of the bush administration decision to not apply those standards to al queda. if the bush administration followed the convention and applied the rules to al queda there isn't any argument.

didn't some judge say that geneva conventions should apply to al qaeda, then another judge overturned that, saying that they don't? The problem with just saying, "it's so clear to just follow the law" is that we are actually creating law as we go along.

the issue is how these people are handled, keeping them for years and years without any charges nor trials is what causes the "outrage" you speak of.

uh, right. And other things like access to lawyers and viewing evidence and allowing evidence that comes from torture and all that other stuff. And Obama's pushing back against US court rulings, trying to do these things at one place, while closing down another place in a big public show about how bad it is to do these things.