Five detainees were released from Guantanamo.
The Obama administration has released another five detainees from Guantanamo holding facility. All detainees were from Yemen. One was an actually personal guard for Osama Ben Laden.
The Pentagon administration maintains that the men have been deemed eligible for release after great care has been taken to determine they are no longer a security risk.
The Republican party is attempting to block any further releases of terrorist by using the most recent attacks on Paris. The Republicans argue that the France attacks have been financed by the Al Qaida in Yemen and the next 50 scheduled releases have more than 40 men from Yemen.
The Republicans are arguing that 30% of all detainees return to their origins and the fighting there. The Obama administration claims that these numbers are not accurate. The administration claims that only 12% actually do return to terrorist activities and 17% are suspected to return.
There are a lot of mixed feelings about these releases. Public comments have both supported the releases and ridiculed them. Supporters assert that we cannot detain people without proper legal processing. Some even state that it is immoral and unethical and that the detainees basic and legal rights have been taken away. Protesters of the release have said that it is a necessity to detain people that present a clear threat to other people.
Our class's text Rosenstand, N. (2013). The moral of the story. New York: McGraw-Hill.
discusses what is evil (pages 8-11) and Moral issues connected with religions (pages 15-17). When discussing terrorism one must keep in mind what one culture feels as evil another culture may praise as acts of heroism.
A person may also feel that laws are laws to be followed. In America you cannot arrest and hold people indefinitely without a conviction and sentencing. There is due process in every state. so, does these laws change when the incident involves terrorist? Can you keep them locked up forever?
I do not like the idea of these people being free and able to commit atrocities. However, I have to believe that the administration has done everything morally and legally possible to prevent it. I do not think they can be held forever without good sound judgment.
References:
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/11/20/5-detainees-released-from-guantanamo-bay
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/31/world/middleeast/five-guantnamo-prisoners-are-released-to-kazakhstan.html?_r=0
i think that releasing these people is wrong. They will go free and return to do the same things they did before according to their beliefs. Just because a tiger spent years in a cell, it doesn't mean it lose its stripes.
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