28 Jan 09 05:50, Bob Ackley wrote to Roy Witt:

 JB>>>> Two ex-Guantanamo inmates appear in Al-Qaeda video
 BA>>> You don't suppose the two were so grateful for their treatment at
 BA>>> Gitmo that they *joined* the enemy, do you?

 RW>> Since their treatment was according to the conventions of war, they
 RW>> should be elated with their treatment.

 BA> It was not, and Bush minor's administration said so.

Sure, after the Red Cross told them so.

 BA> You do remember that Bush minor said that the Geneva conventions
 BA> didn't apply to them and his AG (who apparently can't find a job)

AG Gonzales doesn't need a job.

 BA> wrote that they were "quaint."

No, I don't recall any such thing. I do recall that after the Red Cross
made it's report, Gitmo became a different place and prisoners were
treated according to the Geneva Conventions.

 RW>> However, those people who're constantly symphathizing with al
 RW>> Qaeda's murderers, who're distinct among those liberals who actually
 RW>> cheer on the al Qaeda members; also can't be turned from the dark
 RW>> side.

 BA> I have simply noted that some if not many or even most of the inmates
 BA> there were never a part of al-Qaida,

They were captured on a battle-field, shooting at US troops, not running
away or shooting at al Qaeda members.

 BA>  they were just kidnapped off the streets and sent there.

Wrong.

 BA>  That any who had not been members of al-Qaida joined it after being
 BA> released should not be surprising.

Had they not already have been al Qaeda members would be surprising.

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