Obama Did The Right Thing-POW release

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by whell

Oh, BS.

There's almost 150 prisoners left. Of those remaining, nearly 80 of them have been approved for transfer to their home country or a third country. Those transfers are continuing, albeit slowly.

That leaves about 70. Of those, about 40 have been deemed "too dangerous to release", but there's insufficient evidence against them to prosecute in US courts. There's a "Periodic Review Board" that has re-opened many of these cases, and some are in the process of being moved to the transfer list.

That leave about 30 that are potential candidates for prosecution in US courts. So you're bitching about 30 out of less than 150 prisoners. And if the House and Senate can agree on an appropriate process for prosecuting them, it may happen. Also, if there is a negotiated cessation of hostilities in Afghanistan, most of them - at least those that are not affiliated with Al Qaeda - would likely be released anyway.

Snowbals have a better chance in hell.