None of the Democratic Contenders Has Called for the Closure of the Guantanamo Prison

[ProudDad]

Hmmm, when will they speak up?

http://www.counterpunch.com/kimberly04042007.html

"An Australian prisoner, David Hicks, has confessed to terrorist activity. He spent 5 years at Guantanamo and recently pleaded guilty to providing material support for terrorism, which wasn't even against U.S. law until October 2006. The only way for him to return home was to confess. He also had to sign an agreement denying his previous statements that he had been tortured. He had to promise not to sue the U.S. government, make any money from telling the story of his ordeal, or talk to the media for at least one year.

These confessions are not taken seriously by any intelligent people in this country and they are certainly not taken seriously by anyone outside of it. Even the namby pamby Congressional actions on Iraq are sending the Bushites into a frenzy of show trials to justify waging endless war on the rest of humanity. The confessions will surely be repeated when the bombing of Iran begins. "

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"Even if America survives until November 2008 and manages to get the Republicans out of the White House, none of the Democratic front runners has said anything about closing Gitmo and using the court system that successfully tried terror suspects before Bush came to office. Barack Obama thinks military courts are better."

[shance]

1. It's not even party specific. Everyone with a conscience should be speaking up about it.

In addition, because it could just as easily be them being illegally kidnapped and taken there as well.

First they came for the Muslims,

then they came and then they came and then they came and then they came.......

[The Sushi Bandit]

2. Wrong! Kucinich has!

[ProudDad]

3. I thought HE might have

I didn't look around though, wanted to post the article. I'm afraid the author assumes that Dennis won't be the prez in '09...

Do you have a link for the non-believers?

:hi:

[bread_and_roses]

4. Good for Kucinich! I might have known. (n/t)

[Texas_Kat]

5. Wesley Clark has

AMY GOODMAN: General Clark, do you think Guantanamo Bay should be closed?

GEN. WESLEY CLARK: Absolutely.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/02/1440234#transcript

[NI4NI]

6. Dems should add that to emergency funds after Shrub vetos bill

along with giving our combat troops a raise in pay to match mercenaries.

[MasonJar]

7. I am sure that it goes without saying that all our candidates support the closure

of this maniacal prison.

[seasat]

8. Bill Richardson called for it's closure

Bill's New Realism Speech on Feb 8th

We need to start showing, both through our words and through our deeds, that this is not, as the Jihadists claim, a clash of civilizations. Rather, it is a clash between civilization and barbarity.

We need to present the Arab and Muslim worlds with a better vision than the apocalyptic fantasy of the Jihadists. A vision of peace, prosperity, tolerance, and respect for human dignity.

For this to be credible, we need to live up to our own ideals. Prisoner abuse, torture, secret prisons, renditions, and evasion of the Geneva conventions must have no place in our policy.

If we want Muslims to open to us, we should start by closing Guantanamo.