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Skriven 2009-01-19 17:31:56 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
  Kommentar till text 26392 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
Ärende: The first of many to come
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19 Jan 09 11:37, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Robert Bashe:

 RB>> What do you do with them? Try them, with the risk that the get
 RB>> acquitted or freed after a short prison term to go back to what they
 RB>> like most - killing other people? Shoot them in a staged "attempted
 RB>> escape", as the Nazis liked to arrange things? Keep them in jail,
 RB>> and if so, where?

 MvdV> That one is easy. Just treat them like any other suspect.

To do so, they would have to be released from Gitmo and housed somewhere
in the US, which gives them the same rights as someone who's arrested for
armed robbery. If they do that, then if they're aquited (by some magical
miriacle), they would be released to roam the streets of the US, which is
unacceptable to American society.

60 percent of those who were released to their home country have been
found fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan against allied forces.

 MvdV>  And if that means having to let them go, then they will have to be
 MvdV> let go.

I propose that if they're let go, they be released in your country.

 MvdV> Those are the rules in a civilised society and there can be no
 MvdV> exceptions.

In that case, when will be the earliest convenient date for their release
in Holland?

 MvdV> If you can not convince a court that someone has committed a crime
 MvdV> and deserves to be locked up, then you have to let him go.

Their guilt isn't in question.

 MvdV> That is what makes the difference bewteen a civilised country and a
 MvdV> suppressive dictatorship.

Then you accept the proposal and are now a spokesman for your government
in accepting the released prisoners. I'll let my government know that
you've taken the lead in this and have them get in touch.

 MvdV> May I point out that ignoring the above is what created the problem
 MvdV> in the first place?

You may, but I don't have to believe you're telling the truth.

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