Gitmo Yes or No
Guantanamo Bay
To close or not to close, that is the question. This has been a hard decision for the President and the Justice department. Perhaps if it was not a political position as well as a campaign promise, maybe it could be examined properly. Why is there a detention center on this island to start with. It was formed under the Bush administration as a place to hold captured suspected terrorists and process them. In this facility the suspects were to be questioned, charged and tried under a military tribunal for there alleged crimes. Controversy surrounds the treatment of the suspects. Accusations of torture, religious persecution, improper feeding, and more. With this cloud over the facility, President Obama tried to close Gitmo down and more the suspects to the US and try them in federal court. He was not successful.
The United States spent a lot of taxpayer dollars to build this facility and the cost continues in order to keep it operational. Is there a way to offset the cost but keep the objectives behind Gitmos formation? Here is a possible solution. Is terrorism a United States problem? No, it is a world wide problem. Some countries take it seriously, some do not. The countries that do not take it seriously say they do. They arrest, convict and send to jail these terrorists. Then they release them several weeks later to resume their ways. Perfect example was the Lockerbie bomber. He was convicted to a life sentence but was released. If these convicts were in a special facility, they would never get back in service. So why not make Gitmo a world terrorism court and detention facility. All countries would be required to supply Judges, Lawyers, guards and other required personnel as well as operational funding. This would ensure that every country is watching each other, fair trials can be given in a reasonable time, sentences can be carried out and no one can be released before their time.
A Gitmo International Judicial System would serve the world with honor as well as performing their mandate with professionalism and honor.Gitmo- "Open for Business"
If it wasn't for the operations of Gitmo, we would have never of caught Bin Laden. US authorities found out about this courier guy two years ago, and how? From a Gitmo inmate. So there you go.
I know, right? America! F_ _ _, YEAH!
"My point was Everyone does it, not just the US,"
So much for American Exceptionalism.
And anyway, it wasn't Jeff's post hottopic responded to, it was Evan's.
So I don't think hottopic is in a very good position to criticize other peoples reading skills
"HERE COMES AN ENGLISH LESSON!! "
Okay.
"SENTENCES END WITH A PERIOD NOT A COMMA."
Correct, and a gold star for you, for demonstrating that you do know (one of) the rules of punctuation, even if you don't consistently put them into practice.
"You took a part of the sentence and changed the meaning to what you think not what the sentence actually means."
This is more of a stylistic point than a mechanical point, but the addition of a comma after the word think would make the meaning of this sentence clearer.
"My sentence "My point was Everyone does it, not just the US, you were incinuating that only the US did it and they should rot in hell." was in responce to Evans point the the US should rot in hell. "
You need a comma after the word sentence. I'm sure you meant insinuating. When quoting, use a comma instead of a period if you're going to continue the thought without starting a new sentence. It's spelled response. How many Evans are we talking about? Clearly you forgot the apostrophe. Also, what an egregious comma splice. Use a period and have two sentences.
"He believes the US is the only nation doing this."
No grammatical errors here, but a comprehension problem. Evan did not say, either explicitly or implicitly, that the US was the only nation that uses torture. He did however say that the US shouldn't be using torture, and is hypocritical for doing so.
"Now that does not mean ite ok for the US to do it because everyone does it. The sentence in its entirety does not mean that."
You mean, "it's ok," but typos happen.
"It was to point out like you that evan takes things out of context."
Proper nouns get a capital letter. Also, were you emulating me in pointing out that Evan takes things out of context, or were you trying to say that Evan and I both take things out of context? Your intent is unclear.
"Correcting someone who wants to twist everthing to there unimportant point of view is not throwig stones Dude."
You mean, "their unimportant point of view." But it can't be all that unimportant to you, since you've invested so much time and effort arguing (if you can call it that) against it. (Typos ignored for expediency.)
"I notice when someone responds to your opinions you try to correct them."
Well, I do argue my point, if that's what you mean. As do you. It's kind of expected.
"But like so many others, its OK for you but not for others"
Okay, first of all, a sentence ends with a period. Second, of course it's okay for others to argue their points. But it's not okay to say stuff and pretend you didn't say it, or to deliberately misconstrue someone's argument. Well, sometimes folks can get away with that, but I tend not to let them.
So how did you like the ENGLISH LESSON? Are you ready to put the stones down, now, Bard of Avon?
Finally, Evan never said that the US was the only country that tortures people. But he did rightly point out that the US isn't supposed to be doing that at all, no matter what other countries might be doing. When you point out that yes, the US tortures, but so do others, it sure as shootin' looks like you're saying, "Well, sure we torture, but so do other countries, so why should we do any different?"
We should do different because America was founded to be a better country. Someday, I hope that we become that country.
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