Pentagon quietly celebrates Hamdan sentence

Ed Black, Elkton, Maryland — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:17:31 GMT

Can someone tell me how much money we spent creating this "alternate reality" military tribunal system in order to convict one guy for the one thing he admitted to doing without being tortured? The verdict is definitive proof that execution is exactly what the tribunal system deserves.

And now we're going to keep him after he serves his time? Has anyone at the Pentagon heard of habeas corpus?

Pentagon quietly celebrates Hamdan sentence

Jim Stoddard, Maple Valley, Washington — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:05:39 GMT

I'm not saying Hamdan is guiltless - quite obviously, he is not. But he was imprisoned for 5 years before being tried, and then subjected to a trial that was rigged to find him guilty. Even then, he was found not guilty of the most serious charges.

Having been found guilty of a lesser charge and sentenced by a court, if the administration insists on keeping Hamdan imprisoned even ONE DAY beyond his sentence, it would be a national disgrace.

There must be some way to export democracy without suspending it at home.

Pentagon quietly celebrates Hamdan sentence

worldbfree, bedford, tx — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:25:37 GMT

Guantanamo is just political window dressing. Like the war on drugs. Bin Laden is probably in a Witness Protection Program, or clean-shaven and living on South Beach.

Pentagon quietly celebrates Hamdan sentence

Sir Capitan Louis, White Settlement, TX — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:28:07 GMT

Now that military officers selected by the Bush Pentagon have reached a split verdict convicting Salim Hamdan, a onetime driver for Osama bin Laden, of supporting terrorism, but innocent of terrorist conspiracy, do you feel safe?
Or are we superpower Americans still at risk until we capture bin Laden's dentist, barber, and the person who installed the carpet in his living room?
The Bush regime with its comic huffings and puffings is unaware that it has made itself the laughingstock of the world, a comedy version of the Third Reich.

Pentagon quietly celebrates Hamdan sentence

Paul, Milltown, NJ — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:40:55 GMT

the military tribunal system has been in existence in the US since shortly after the Constitution was ratified in 1789...and if you'd care to read that magnificant document you'd learn that habeas corpus only applies to US citizens or individuals accused of a crime on US SOIL...Guantanamo is not US soil, it's land owned by Cuban and leased to the US. If McCain and Kennedy had their way the Muslim scum currently incarcarated in Guantanamo as armed enemy combatants would have similar Constitutional rights as do all Americans, visitors, and foreign aliens living in the US.

Pentagon quietly celebrates Hamdan sentence

Spencer LaFong, Merlin, Oregon — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:48:19 GMT

Hasn't anyone noticed, this administration HAS suspended habeas corpus and diluted our democracy at home? Pay attention, please. And, NBC, coercive interrogations = torture. Don't be such cowards.

Pentagon quietly celebrates Hamdan sentence

G. Hillman, Brampton ON — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:54:08 GMT

And for how long have you been under the delusion that the USA is a functioning democracy? For selecting mayors, dogcatchers, and lower court judges maybe, everyone else is selected for you.

Pentagon quietly celebrates Hamdan sentence

Bryan, Orlando, FL — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:31:36 GMT

First of all habeas corpus doesn't apply to foreign combatants, or anyone else outside the US for that matter. In wartime, POWs are generally detained until well after the end of hostilities, I don't see why the war in Afghanistan should be any different. After World War 2 France and the Soviet Union kept their German POWs, most of whom were draftees, for years after VE day in punitive labor camps. I don't understand why people feel like terrorists should somehow be afforded more rights than draftees legitimately serving in a national army just because they are irregular volunteers. Fanatical terrorists, driver or not, are exponentially more dangerous to our national security than a foreign draftee. For God sakes Hamdan was captured while transporting stinger missiles for al Qaeda, doesn't this sound threatening to any of you?

Pentagon quietly celebrates Hamdan sentence

David Sullivan, Jacksonville, Florida — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:48:51 GMT

Now the armchair quarterbacks of the neocon stripe are calling into question the judgment of the military officers who served on the tribunal. What a disgrace! Hopefully this event is a harbinger to the complete rejection of the current fifth column of appointees and journalists (i.e. guys who love to saber-rattle, and have no intention of ever fighting a war themselves, and see no problem with that).