DanSC DanSC:
The CIA is in Pakistan at the pleasure of the Pakistani government. I don't think that is wise of Pakistan, but it's their decision. I'm disturbed you think the drone pilots will go off scott-free. They won't have a bloody public execution as the program is classified, but I'm sure they'll get what's coming to them.
CIA are illegal combatants.The drone pilots will go scott free. How many US soldiers were prosecuted for killing civilians? Care to bet on the fate of the US helicopter pilots who murdered 9 Afghan kids gathering firewood and I'm using murdered for a reason. People here are getting their panties in a bunch over civilians killed (and lets not forget its an armed rebellion) by MG in Lybia and they are the same people who say "Meh & Shit happens" when civilians are killed by us.
DanSC DanSC:
As for camp X-Ray, it does need to close. It's one of the main reasons Obama's poll numbers are so low (he promised to close the camp by January 2010), and it could very well cost him re-election. But to compare camp X-Ray to North Korean concentration camps seems like a false equivilancy. Soviet gulags and Auschwitz have much more in common with the North Korean camps.
Why? They classify them as camps for political prisoners which is essentially what Gitmo inmates are. They say ... you say. Why should anybody take the US word when there are nothing but numerous examples of them lying to pursue political goals that are less then altruistic (pentagon papers ....)
As you say it should close and Obama has failed that promise (very disappointing) but it hasn't. Why should the US point the finger at other nations for doing what they do?