What is the solution for Gitmo, past and present?

2016-06-10T14:22:27-04:00

I see a lot of comments about how bad the Gitmo situation is for ___. "We do not want to keep them. It was bad we kept them... etc." What would be your solution? What should we have done when we were on the battlefield and had detainees? --- Release? Try to get intelligence? Kill them? Whine about lack of intelligence? What is the solution? We all know the problems.

Response by SSG Pete Fleming made Jun 10 at 2016 2:25 PM

2016-06-10T14:25:25-04:00

Can't fix the past, and we can't keep detainees forever...

Response by Cpl Justin Goolsby made Jun 10 at 2016 3:29 PM

2016-06-10T15:29:05-04:00

The fact that anyone has any info about Gitmo is sloppy housekeeping. The fact remains that we are engaged in a conflict with an enemy that does not play by the same rules we hold ourselves to. Any enemies we capture whether they be overseas or your run of the mill home grown terrorist should be detained until we have no further use from them. Should we try to garner intelligence, of course because that's what the enemy is doing to ours. No we can't keep them forever, but we should keep them until we have no further use from them. If we need collateral for a prisoner swap, then at least we have something in our back pocket. But we can't be doing a 5 for 1 prisoner swap like we did for Bergdahl because that's the kind of thing that puts a price on our heads. 1 for 1 swaps is the most we should ever do in any negotiations. If there comes a time when we are no longer engaged with the enemy, then we can open up terms to release any detainees providing that they are not a continued danger to the people of this Country. For example, your average footsoldier might not be a future threat, but the bomb maker responsible for the deaths of dozens if not hundreds might be too dangerous to release. In those cases, either life in prison like we do for our worst criminal offenders or a quick execution.

Response by Capt Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 10 at 2016 4:13 PM

2016-06-10T16:13:01-04:00

No, I don't have a solution. But, releasing them to kill again IS NOT it.

Response by SGT Jerrold Pesz made Jun 10 at 2016 4:31 PM

2016-06-10T16:31:49-04:00

I think that we should have killed them all. They should have never made it to GITMO.

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Jun 10 at 2016 6:44 PM

2016-06-10T18:44:32-04:00

It is an Unnecessary waste of Defense Funds. Move those bastards to Ft Leavenworth and Marion Federal Pens and move out that way we can stop paying the Cuban Government Rent. Let them deal with what is probably a Super Fund Site (With all the HAZMAT Contamination) that comes with a Military Base that old.

Response by MSgt James Mullis made Jun 10 at 2016 6:45 PM

2016-06-10T18:45:44-04:00

Move the prison and its prisoners to Hawaii and rent the land in Cuba to Hilton Resorts. Maybe they could put the prison somewhere near the Obama compound.