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• Sarah Palin is against Obama's plan to close the Guantanamo
Bay prison and believes his plan is a reckless one. Palin is
generally against Obama's approach to terrorism, viewing it as
fundamentally flawed.
• Palin believes that the terrorists of Guantanamo should be
treated as wartime enemies and not as suspects who are only
alleged to have committed crimes. Palin feels that a terrorist
who is responsible for the massacre of hundreds of people should
not be treated as a common criminal.
• Palin believes that taking strong military measures might be
the right approach in dealing with the terrorists. The real
nature of terrorism must be addressed in the form of a military
commander-in-chief. Dealing the terrorists by a constitutional
law professor is by no means a wise decision. Thus Palin
discredits the importance of law and legal mechanisms in dealing
with the terror suspects or terrorists.
• Palin believes that radical Islam extremism, with which
America is at war, is not a mere law enforcement issue. It only
tends to compromise the nation's security as was witnessed in the
1990s and most importantly on 11th September 2001.
• According to Palin, the constitutional provisions which
Obama's plan tries to implement will grant the foreign born
terrorists the privilege to remain silent which will further risk
the lives of many Americans. Giving them access to the American
courtrooms will only result in the manipulation of the legal
system. This might also give them the access to classified
information too.
• Acts of terrorism are not isolated events but well
orchestrated events. They are to be dealt with stringently.
Closing down the Guantanamo prison and giving them a trial in the
mainland US is not the option.
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• Mike Huckabee is against the closure of the Guantanamo Bay
prison in Cuba feels that the question of Guantanamo is more of a
'symbolic issue' rather than anything else. The detainees
according to him are treated better than the prisoners in the
mainland.
• "It's (Guantanamo) more symbolic than it is a substantive
issue because people perceive of mistreatment when in fact there
are extraordinary means being taken to make sure these detainees
are being given really every consideration," Huckabee said.
• Huckabee commented about the detention centre operated by
military in the Guantanamo Bay as follows: "The inmates there
were getting a whole lot better treatment in comparison to the
prisoners in Arkansas. I hope our guys don't see this," said
Huckabee. "They'll all want to be transferred to Guantanamo. If
anything, it's too nice," added Huckabee.
• "But I tell you if we let somebody out and it turns out that
they come and fly an airliner into one of our skyscrapers, we're
going to be asking how come we didn't stop them, we had them
detained," he said. "If we're going to make a mistake right now,
let's make it on the side of protecting the American people."
• The existing system of dealing with the terror suspects
detained in the Guantanamo, according to Huckabee's opinion,
"reveals what's gone wrong" in the war against terrorism. He
feels that erring for the sake of protecting the American
citizens proves to be a better choice.
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