Guantanamo Bay has been in the news recently. Interesting discussions are taking place as a result.
From Andrew Sullivan:
Every time I have tried to write something about the cancer and shame of Guantanamo, and the thought that the United States has strapped dozens of randomly captured individuals in metal restraints in order to force-feed them, I find myself so flummoxed that I give up.
From Jon Swift:
Critics claim that the inmates are in a state of despair and have a sense of hopelessness because officials continue to resist efforts to charge the prisoners and give them trials or release them. Already, nearly half of these dangerous men (and several children) have been released after spending years at the camp, meaning that the 460 who are left must really be bad.
I honestly do not know what to think. I believe everyone is entitled to due process. Since I don’t know much about what sort of due process (if any) has been afforded to the men held at Guantanamo, I don’t really feel like I am in a position to speak, other than to say I believe these men should be tried and convicted by a court in proceedings which are made public. The Nuremburg trials were public, why shouldn’t these be as well?
Am I missing something logically or legally important?