Release Buffalo Bill from GITMO 


   The situation confronting Obama and his pledged GITMO termination is a very big concern to us all. Obama cant be that stupid to just release those bad guys. But maybe Obama aint that smart to develop a good working plan. So, lets try to help him out, as the loyal opposition.

Hannibal Lecter: What is it, what is it's nature, what does it do?
Clarice Starling: He kills.
Hannibal Lecter: No, that is only incidental, he covets.

What is their nature?
What is their culture?
How can that be used?

   While bombs are exploded in Iraq and Afghanistan killing our boys and their children, it is difficult to view them as "freedom" fighters, ala Cindy Sheehand, but from their perspective that is exactly how they view themselves. Hence, such a view, while facially appalling, is nonetheless rational, in their eyes. What are the groups we face? There is AlQueda, Taleban, Bathe Saddamists, Shiite Militias. To the Muslim world, infidels on their soil are viewed as crusaders, and there is a cultural tendency to eject the invaders. We can understand that, and how they would rally in support of each other to defeat the invaders.

   There is the Taleban, though considered ruthless and intolerant by our standards, they nonetheless represented a government, with a sizable portion of the population supporting them, likewise the Bath Saddamists. Those Taleban and Saddamist fighters can be considered as rebels and insurgents in a political war for control of their lands. The Shiite militias are also vying for control and for protection from the Saddamists. As Iraq quiets down, and democracy takes root, thanks to Bush's bold action there, the Saddamists and Shiite Militias will more and more toward and join the democratic processes and over time will become more civil. This can be said for the Taleban as well if Obama presses the Afghanistan war as he claims he will, and as he plans to insert 30K additional troops. The Taleban, Saddamists, and Shiites Militia will eventually lay down their arms and join the political processes. As far as Taleban at GITMO, they should be transferred to Afghanistan prisons, and let the Afghanistanis deal with them as them deem fit. Saddamists and Shiite Militia should be sent to Iraq and the Iraqi deal with them as them deem fit.


   AlQueda and Pakistani terrorists remain the threat, long term, and must be dealt with severely. As to the Pakistanis, Obama has it right, pound W.Pakieland with areo drones while using troops to secure the borders there. That seems to be the play now in process. In so doing, the Pakistani government will become more forceful to sit on the crazies, and that has just been proven with their recent cooperation shutting down a terrorist charity having members participating in the Mumbei (Bombay for us older guys) strikes. The Pakistani government has and should be encouraged to more forcefully sit on their own crazies, which I think will happen, if Obama keeps up the pressure by pounding W.Pakieland at every opportunity to do so.

But, AlQueda remains THE threat, with no home land, an outlaw cult, that is capable of transnational strikes, and we do not want GITMO releases to reinforce them, as they are the ones who will project transnational terror, and possibly hit us again. As far as AlQueda at GIMO, they could all be release to Saudi Arabia. The Saudis were the ones that started this war on terror with their hot rhetoric, and should take responsibility for it, and take ALL AlQueda detainees.  

    The Saudis came out in 2004 with their famous, Islam yes Terror No, anti-terror campaign slogan. Lets put it and them to the test. Now, their culture for confining prisoners is a bit more brutal than western culture, allot more. They would have no problem with public floggings, dismemberments, and decapitations for the smallest of crimes. So lets suppose we have an AlQueda type, and we send them to Saudi Arabia for confinement. If they get released, then that lessen the political pressure on Obama. But, perhaps a deal can be worked out. Suppose the Saudis get a AlQueda who 1) publicly asked Allah for forgiveness for the killing of innocents on AlJazeera, 2) swears to Allah that he would not aid or abet AlQueda on AlJazeera, 3) agrees to extradition if captured for such acts on AlJazeera, 4) understands that all immediate family members will be subject to term incarceration if he rejoins AlQueda, and 5) that if he is captured again, will be subject to the most hideous form of Saudi justice, leading to a very painful death, in public, and his remains will be wrapped in pig skin and sent to the bottom of the ocean for eternity for violating his oath to Allah. They may even get some spies to work for them by payments in gold to their families. What you do then is you use their culture against them, to control them, and use Muslim governments to control the crazies, which must be done, if we are ever to win the war on terror. Use the Muslim Governments and their Muslim culture to control extreme Muslims according to their laws, religion, and punishment standard to and perfect the desired result.

   Of course, Obama is playing with fire, but as long as there are detainees, Western culture will seek civil rights, civil trials, and comfortable incarcerations, for any of them. This is a conflict of cultures of course, and hence, we need to fight the war on terror with not only good Intel methods, and military force as needed, but also with are brains, and be smart in terms of controlling the crazies. The war on terror will never be won until democratic/civil Muslim societies and governments sit on the crazies. We need them to control their own, and the best way for them to do that is through their own culture.

   Personally, I would just march all the GITMO detainees outside to a court yard for the head shots, and be done with it, over night in a mass grave, but I am not the president. Obama won the election, and in our western culture, majority rules. So, the heads shots are out. Indefinite incarceration is out. Military tribunal courts are out. But that does not mean we just sit by and let Obama screw up. We help him to achieve the desired result, and that is, having Muslim governments sit on the crazies using their culture and religion. It may be effective to release Muslim AlQueda types to Muslim Governments that can more effectively deal with them, on their cultural level, as a plan worth considering. We should not try to demean Obama, merely because we are on the right of his political base, but rather, given the political realities, help him become a successful president, because in end, results are achieved, and we all win, with the silence of the lambs.

Derrick Michael Reid
Laguna Beach CA
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My understanding is that they are trying to same, but are not using the FULL COURT intimidate, by paying and threatening relatives, which is THEIR CULTURE.

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And of course, within 24 hours of my memo, Obama is going to address Saudi TV.
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CAIRO, Egypt – President Barack Obama on Tuesday chose an Arabic satellite TV network for his first formal television interview as president, delivering a message to the Muslim world that "Americans are not your enemy."

The interview underscored Obama's commitment to repair relations with the Muslim world that have suffered under the previous administration.

The president expressed an intention to engage the Middle East immediately and his new envoy to the region, former Sen. George J. Mitchell, was expected to arrived in Egypt on Tuesday for a visit that will also take him to Israel, the West Bank, Jordan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

"My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy," Obama told the Saudi-owned, Dubai-based Al-Arabiya news channel.

Obama said the U.S. had made mistakes in the past but "that the same respect and partnership that America had with the Muslim world as recently as 20 or 30 years ago, there's no reason why we can't restore that."

During his presidency, former President George W. Bush gave several interviews to Al-Arabiya but the wars he launched in Iraq and Afghanistan prompted a massive backlash against the U.S. in the Muslim world.

Al-Arabiya has scored interviews with top U.S. officials in the past, including Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

The Saudi-owned channel is seen by some in Washington as more balanced in its coverage than its Qatar-funded rival Al-Jazeera, which the previous White House administration complained had an anti-American bias.
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Sure enough, and from above:The Taleban, Saddamists, and Shiites Militia will eventually lay down their arms and join the political processes. As far as Taleban at GITMO, they should be transferred to Afghanistan prisons, and let the Afghanistanis deal with them as them deem fit.

 

And sure enough, Clinton is at the Hague 3/31 pressing for Tabelan joining the Afghan political process.

This is a baby step in the Global confluence.

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