Reply #66: Have to disagree strongly. No more indefinite detentions!

[jonestonesusa]

If we have war prisoners that are not being treated according to international conventions, where we've delayed a proper trial for most of them for YEARS and tortured them, and where we've had to release most of them already due to lack of evidence, it's time for clear action.

We have supermax prisons that can hold the "worst of the worst" until they are tried. Many notorious criminals are being held now securely in the federal prison system. Kudos to Dick Durban for stepping up. Tell the rest of the foot draggers that this is what federal prisons are for. AQ operatives aren't the Fantastic Four - they can no more bust out of federal prisons than Noriega or white supremacists or any other inmate in the system.

There's also the World Court at the Hague for those who have allegedly committed crimes against humanity. We should say allegedly until we know of their guilt in a fair proceeding.

President Obama needs to quit triangulating on this one - minimum statements to the press until his policy is being implemented. He needs to tell his politically cowardly critics on the right and milktoast Democrats in Congress that this is a national security matter, that the longer we fail to settle this issue, the more anti-American fodder our enemies have. As swiftly as possible, we will put all remaining prisoners through trial in the U.S. or in the World Court, find places to release the innocent, and close Guantanamo, a black mark on American justice and a burdensome holdover from the Cold War and the age of American imperialism.

End of story. No more excuses, not for Obama or anyone else. Guantanamo is a travesty that needs to be shut down and the world to move forward.