66 Months, Out in 5!
 

The long awaited first terrorist military trial and sentencing is in ladies and gentleman and the [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/08/washington/08gitmo.html"]verdict is, well, not satisfying[/URL]. Question is what happens to him in 5 months?

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I was fairly annoyed when I saw this yesterday but assumed I'd be in the minority regarding our handling of enemy combatants.

But stuff like:

“After that, I don’t know what happens,” said Judge Allred, who had developed [I]a warm relationship with Mr. Hamdan[/I] during months of pretrial hearings.

And:

Mr. Hamdan, [I]who at times has shown a mischievous sense of humor[/I], raised his arms and said a good-natured, “Bye, bye everybody.”

And:

“Inshallah,” Judge Allred responded.

And:

Mr. Hamdan’s answer to his safety if returned to Yemen, Professor Schmitz said, was: “Look, you guys get me out of Gitmo. I’ll take care of Yemen.”

Speechless..........Fortunately I can still type.

This is clearly a war our Government doesn't intend to 'win', as such.

If I were on trial I am fairly certain I wouldn't be 'showing a mischievous sense of humor'. What about the impartiality of the Judge? He developed a warm relationship with a defendant?!?!??! Does he even understand what 'inshallah' means? No, it's not as simple as 'god willing', you utter moron!

We are so screwed if this is the best we can do.

:soapbox:

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Who knew former Redskins QB Gibram Hamdan moonlighted as a driver for Bin Laden...oh, wait

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just another feather in this administration's cap. what a bunch of buffoons

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[quote=dmek25;462680]just another feather in this administration's cap. what a bunch of buffoons[/quote]

Should be interesting to see the spin on this one.

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It was a solid opportunity for the current Administration to set the tone, I really don't think that was achieved.

Having said that, what does everyone think [I]should[/I] have been done? I'd be interested to know. I also promise I won't be replying to the thread and 'discussing' it.

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[quote=dmek25;462680]just another feather in this administration's cap. what a bunch of buffoons[/quote]
The real buffon was the guy who did not take Bin Laden when he was handed to the US back years ago. I would have liked to seen a much longer sentence but as people demanded that these guys get their day in court are now complaining about their sentense. You cannot have it both ways.

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lol here we go. It's all Clinton's fault. :doh:

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[url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4540958/]Osama bin Laden: missed opportunities - Nightly News with Brian Williams - MSNBC.com[/url]

Too....hard.....to.....resist.....[I]damn it![/I]

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RedskinRat, I'm not sure why the judge's "Inshallah" response bothers you?

As for what should have been done, I would have taken the civilian court route. What really bothers me is that we've spend 7 years and millions of dollars to convict a lowly driver in a kangaroo court...and all he got was 66 months....so retarded.

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Stop with the blame game and see the principles of the matter...and the question is what to do with him after he's out.

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[quote=saden1;462726]Stop with the blame game and see the principles of the matter...and the question is what to do with him after he's out.[/quote]

lol good luck with that. The blame game is always a convenient excuse to skirt around the actual issues.

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[quote=saden1;462723]RedskinRat, I'm not sure why the judge's "Inshallah" response bothers you?

As for what should have been done, I would have taken the civilian court route. What really bothers me is that we've spend 7 years and millions of dollars to convict a lowly driver in a kangaroo court...and all he got was 66 months....so retarded.[/quote]
There are reasons why civilian courts are not used and I don't have the time to look them up. I do know one reason is because we are holding them as enemy combatants we have to use military tribunals (or what ever they are called). I also think even after his 5 months are up Bush will hold him as an enemy combatant as long as he is president. I agree what the judge said was wierd and maybe he had his agenda. They may also use his words to call for a new trial as they maybe able to show the judge showed a bias attitude. I would call military courts a kangaroo court as most do a good job and these guys have served our country. I have seen plenty of kangaroo civilian courts.

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[quote=Mattyk72;462719]lol here we go. It's all Clinton's fault. :doh:[/quote]

Finally you admitted it.

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[quote=Buster;462803]Finally you admitted it.[/quote]

Right. I'd admit that as soon as you admit that Bush has been a major F up.