Comments on: Closing Guantánamo By David Cole http://www.middleastpost.com/826/closing-guantnamo-david-cole/ Discuss And Analyze Middle East Political Issues Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:53:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gary Baumgarten http://www.middleastpost.com/826/closing-guantnamo-david-cole/comment-page-1/#comment-1034 Gary Baumgarten Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:37:42 +0000 http://www.middleastpost.com/?p=826#comment-1034 Blogger and human rights activist David Swanson will be my guest on News Talk Online on Paltalk.com at 5 PM New York time Wednesday January 14 to discuss president-elect Obama's pledge to close Guantanamo Bay and whether the U.S. human rights policies will improve under the new administration. To talk to Swanson please go to www.garybaumgarten.com and click on the Join The Chat Room button. Thanks, Gary <abbr><em>Gary Baumgarten´s last blog post..<a href="http://garybaumgarten.blogspot.com/2009/01/will-obama-improve-human-rights.html" rel="nofollow">Will Obama Improve Human Rights?</a></em></abbr> Blogger and human rights activist David Swanson will be my guest on News Talk Online on Paltalk.com at 5 PM New York time Wednesday January 14 to discuss president-elect Obama’s pledge to close Guantanamo Bay and whether the U.S. human rights policies will improve under the new administration.

To talk to Swanson please go to http://www.garybaumgarten.com and click on the Join The Chat Room button.

Thanks,

Gary

Gary Baumgarten´s last blog post..Will Obama Improve Human Rights?

]]> By: Rashid http://www.middleastpost.com/826/closing-guantnamo-david-cole/comment-page-1/#comment-1032 Rashid Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:37:58 +0000 http://www.middleastpost.com/?p=826#comment-1032 Well written and very informative.My only problem with situation like this is who administer justice in any case. Where does the buck stops? Who should be policing our world? What are the standard the world should follow? If USA can do it, what stops other nations from doing it? I feel with this banner of "war on terror" a few countries can hide behind this and use it to settle old scores and even go as far as denying rights to others. Which "terror" definition does one use? The IRA was seen as a terror organisation by some and "freedom fighters" by others. Does anyone who takes up arms as a mode of resistence necessarily a "terrorist"? The bottom line is each nations has an obligation to uphold international law and human rights. So you cannot flagrantly ignore International Law while at the same use it to enforce your ideals on people. Does all this make our world safer or radicalise more people? Well written and very informative.My only problem with situation like this is who administer justice in any case. Where does the buck stops? Who should be policing our world? What are the standard the world should follow? If USA can do it, what stops other nations from doing it? I feel with this banner of “war on terror” a few countries can hide behind this and use it to settle old scores and even go as far as denying rights to others. Which “terror” definition does one use? The IRA was seen as a terror organisation by some and “freedom fighters” by others. Does anyone who takes up arms as a mode of resistence necessarily a “terrorist”?
The bottom line is each nations has an obligation to uphold international law and human rights. So you cannot flagrantly ignore International Law while at the same use it to enforce your ideals on people.
Does all this make our world safer or radicalise more people?

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