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So on to the second paragraph . . . It is hard to understand why Obama is having trouble shutting down a prison he says he wants to close. If he released the prisoners against whom there is no evidence, that would clear out about half of them right there.
On to the third paragraph . . . The rest could always have their cases reviewed, brought to trial, released, or whatever as appropriate.
The fourth paragraph is beyond absurd: "create security risks"?? That nonsense so lame it is hard to imagine how it can pass, even in America.
The fifth paragraph gets to the the dark and dirty: The prisoners are precisely not prisoners of war because Congress unconstitutionally abrogated its duty to declare or not declare war, in this case giving up powers that it had no right to sign away. That means the prisoners can not legally be detained at all, not for another minute, without violating law, Constitution, or treaty. They cannot be detained as POWs because there is no war. (THANK YOU, Congress!) This means they must be tried for crimes or released. Anything else is lawless (and a violation of several international treaties).
The whole charade is meant to hide the fact that these people are being detained and tortured by the US for no reason whatever, and our leaders like it that way. The Fates are kind.
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