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Okay, there are some treaties. But what
is the 'recourse'? Likely not the US
legal system. Likely not any legal
system. The Gitmo situation is a mess, not the least
because apparently it's costing the US
$1+ million a year per prisoner. But while
a mess, I object to calling it a legal
mess. Laws, courts, justice, etc. just
have next to nothing to do with it. Maybe there are a lot of lawyers and they want
to see every problem, e.g., the Gitmo problem,
as a legal problem. Sorry, lawyers, it's
not a legal problem; instead, it's something
else, a problem of a different kind. In part Gitmo is an example to Jihaders:
Either we will kill you, and if they are
physically close maybe your family, or
we will ship you to Gitmo, and we will
let you decide which is worse. Some of the Gitmo Jihaders believe that
it is just their natural, Allah-given
right and mission to fight the US
or go on a hunger strike. I'd say, that
120 days of hunger strike would be about
right. Whatever, I just don't see it as a legal
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