Ashcroft: Detaining Terror Suspects At Guantanamo Bay ‘Has Been A Humanitarian Act’»

[babylonsister]

Ashcroft: Detaining Terror Suspects At Guantanamo Bay ‘Has Been A Humanitarian Act’»


Last month, former Attorney General John Ashcroft spoke before the Hudson Union Society in New York. During his speech, Ashcroft asked the question, “What do we do with people apprehended in the war,” and proceeded to defend and support the Bush administration’s detention policies since 9/11.

Ashcroft said he is “stunned” that so many Americans (and the Supreme Court it turns out) think that terror suspect detainees should have their day in court. He then meandered through the alternatives to detention, such as “kill everybody on the battlefield” or releasing prisoners, which he said he “is not in favor of.” But astonishingly, Ashcroft then concluded that the detention of suspected terrorists “has been a humanitarian act.”

ASHCROFT: You know I’ve got a son who’s a naval officer and he spent two tours of duty in the Gulf so our family is not in favor of releasing people once they have been captured so they can take another shot at our family but there are people who say to do that.

So I think detaining people, removing them from the stream of battle by the collective wisdom of mankind, has been a humanitarian act in terms of war circumstances.

Watch it (beginning at 1:36) at link~

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http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/12/ashcroft-detainees-humanitarian/

[amdezurik]

1. I really really hope he did not have his right hand

in his pocket while he was talking about killing everyone on the battlefield...

[spanone]

2. i guess once you've participated in murder & torture without repercussions you have big balls

[Gato Moteado]

3. it might be humanitarian for real terrorists......

....but not for the innocent people sucked up in their dragnet.

[EFerrari]

4. Shameless bastard.

[gratuitous]

5. I'd say you've had your shot, Mr. Ashcroft

And since you failed to kill democracy, perhaps you need to be locked up forever so you don't get a second shot at us. No need for messy trials and evidence and facts that can be used to prove anything that's even remotely true; just shut the cell door and never think about you again.

[nichomachus]

6. "Collective wisdom of mankind"

that pompous asshole actually said that?

[Vanje]

7. Maybe its time to back off the morphine, Mr. Ashcroft

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