[Newspoetry] 660 at Guantanamo Bay to be held for "duration of war on terrorism"

[Mike Lehman]

If you think that is bad, in light of the pronouncement below, what 
about the possibility that, given the outcome of the 2000 election, Bush 
himself might think that he should also hang around "for the duration of 
the war on terrorism..."? It is just as scary a propect.
Mike Lehman

Joe Futrelle wrote:

> This one pegged the appall-o-meter for me.
> 
> At 10:52 AM -0400 9/11/2003, gavroche at gavroche.org wrote:
> 
>> (from the AP):
>> The United States wants to hold most of the suspected terrorists at a
>> prison camp in Cuba for the duration of the war on terrorism instead of
>> trying them before military tribunals, Defense Secretary Donald H.
>> Rumsfeld said Wednesday.
>>
>> Rumsfeld said the 660 or so men held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base are
>> imprisoned not as punishment but "to keep them from going back and
>> fighting again and killing people." He said most would be held until the
>> global war on terrorism is over - a fight that Rumsfeld has said could
>> last years, if not decades.
>>
>> The defense secretary said he expects some suspects to be tried before
>> military tribunals but prefers that most continue to be imprisoned
>> indefinitely.