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Old 05-18-2009, 07:22 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Maturin View Post
Now I'm still uncertain as to why a courts martial isn't as good as a tribunal, or if Obama is still set on his original plan to close Gitmo. As someone else said in this thread, the terrorists do have to be held *somewhere*, though why not Allentown or St. Louis or Area 51?
In a court martial you have a semblence of rights. Also if your innocent you go free, whereas in a military tribunal that's not necessarily the case.

Maybe obama is being pragmatic, that word that pops up after all of our illegal or immoral activities.
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