Letters to the Editor

Five detainees ordered released "forthwith" after seven years at Guantanamo If the U.S. Congress had its way, these men would continue to be imprisoned despite there being no evidence of their guilt. Glenn Greenwald [2008-11-20]

• But Sadly . . .

  Will we free them forthwith? No. They will ask for a stay and appeal, and the injustice will continue.

  Will we stop and reflect on what we've done to these people as the judge invited? No.

  Will they ever get those 7 years back? No.

  Will they get exoneration from this outcome? No.

  Public apology? No.

  Compensation for the suffering? No.

  Will we at least prosecute those responsible for this travesty? No.

  Rebuke them? No.

  Hold hearings? No.

  Can they be sued? Not likely.

  Will there be any public acknowledgment of at least a mistake, "oops", "we're sorry", by any official of any kind, anywhere? No.

  This government and the people who have been running it are the Holocaust deniers of our generation. I am deeply saddened by what we have become.

  -- El Zongo
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