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- theone3, on 01/04/2009, -2/+57500 Years, huh?
I guess you know your world history pretty well. - ApMythrin, on 01/04/2009, -11/+62It's good to see that countries around the world are starting to stand up against America,
I'm not talking about war or abusive polices, only a bit of backbone against such an arrogant country - novenator, on 01/03/2009, -6/+50If that ass kisser Howard was still PM, he would have said "yes sir, may I please have another"
- tomoliveri, on 01/04/2009, -4/+44Fantastic! I'm so glad we didn't accept them, We're not really in the crosshairs for terrorism and i'd like it to stay that way, out of sight out of mind..
America, ( Your government ) got you into that mess, it's still your responsibility to take the inmates and give them fair trials, don't go palming them off to other countries, you already dragged us into a pointless war. - cfuse, on 01/04/2009, -3/+42More stellar work from the land of the free - seriously America, you ***** it up, now fix it yourselves.
- Relikh, on 01/04/2009, -12/+50Awww, come on Australia. You guys used to be cool about stuff like this.
- JedicodeWarrior, on 01/04/2009, -2/+35Why should Australia be saddled with our prisoners? The U.S., who told the UN to go ***** themselves, captured, detained and tortured them. So why are our prisoners suddenly someone else's responsibility? Why not send them to live with Bush and Cheney?
- BullHunter, on 01/03/2009, -10/+39So we had one government that flatly gave no support to the detainees and another that is now not prepared to clean up the mess they inherited. Sound like politics alright!
- kckinn, on 01/04/2009, -3/+31Why would Australia want to have x guantanamo detainees in their country when they are not even australian citizens
- inactive, on 01/04/2009, -1/+28Who can blame them?
Try them, then execute or release them. Stop wasting time. - akchrs, on 01/04/2009, -4/+31Why don't we build a prison camp in a foreign country to detain them.... oh wait.
- HAMM3R, on 01/04/2009, -2/+28Oh come on, don't be ripping off bash.org. You know you ain't that clever.
- mem2, on 01/04/2009, -5/+30***** OFF - COUNTRY FULL
- ironhide, on 01/04/2009, -12/+35Can you prove that?
- j1ggy, on 01/04/2009, -3/+23They've never been tried, how do you know?
- nmanguy, on 01/04/2009, -3/+22How is not wanting a terrorist in your country racist? You're the racist because you obviously think that all Gitmo inmates are of the same race...
- theone3, on 01/04/2009, -1/+20I'm sorry, why the ***** should our country have to clean up your mess. We're on the other side of the world over here. I'm a Muslim Australian with family in the Middle East, and I don't want your prisoners here.
- SheepLicker, on 01/04/2009, -3/+21As an Australian, this issue really made my blood boil. Dubya starts a war, has years to clean it up and tries to pawn off his mess onto his allies? ***** off. Clean up your own damn mess. If we were still under John Howard's Government he would have said yes without even thinking.
- inactive, on 01/04/2009, -3/+21Actually you do, US Army "pays" warlords in Afghanistan and Pakistan to arrest and hand over Taliban members. There's very good chance those warlords are not the most honest people on earth and would hand over innocent people for money.
Also, where did innocent until proven guilty go? It's exactly for cases like this. - notoneofus, on 01/04/2009, -2/+19Well, there's the whole "innocent until proven guilty" thing, but it seems people have little tolerance for that nowadays.
- notoneofus, on 01/04/2009, -1/+17In all fairness, Australia would never have become a penal colony if there hadn't been an American Revolution. The British were content to send prisoners to North America before that...
- SpamBurger, on 01/04/2009, -4/+20Yeah actually u can if you're sold to US troops in Afganistan with no evidence against you other than the word of local semi authority figure that is cooperative with us and needs or wants money.
- inactive, on 01/04/2009, -4/+19Stolen from Bash.
- DisposableRob, on 01/04/2009, -3/+17Wow, how un-American of you.
- j1ggy, on 01/04/2009, -2/+16Typically you prove people are guilty, then imprison them. Not the other way around without a trial.
- elipabst, on 01/04/2009, -6/+20World: "America your illegal detainment of people is wrong. You need to free them."
America: "Ok we will, but their home countries won't take them back now, will you take them?"
World: "Aww, Hell no".
Don't kid yourself, it has nothing to do with standing up to the "arrogant" Americans as much as it is about being a "Not in my backyard". - BridgeBurner, on 01/04/2009, -3/+17I don't get it, why would anyone expect that they would accept them? Australia has no responsibility in the matter.
- izosity, on 01/04/2009, -2/+15USA crapped itself and wants OZ to clean the pants
- Orbity, on 01/04/2009, -1/+14America doesn't suck. I find the people are mostly kind and caring. It's the fools who run the show that suck.
- kckinn, on 01/04/2009, -1/+14That should have been thought by the US Govt. about before the mess was created.
- whazdown, on 01/04/2009, -3/+15and you're an idiot for thinking that all the Guantanamo Bay inmates are terrorists - sure I'm not going to argue that some are, if not most, but the two british guys sure as hell weren't, and I suspect there's a few more knocking about.
- DisposableRob, on 01/04/2009, -0/+12They aren't POWs. Keeping them at Gitmo has meant that the Bush Administration has avoided having to follow the Geneva Conventions as it relates to POWs. Even POWs have more rights.
- skywake, on 01/04/2009, -0/+12My ancestors settled in Western Australia about 180 years ago and were definitely not convicts. Infact WA was a free settlement made up purely of people looking for a "new life" for a good 13 years before they sent ANY criminals.
Most of Australia is as founded by convicts as the US is so perhaps you guys should take these "criminals". Its your mess after all ;) - SmilinChris, on 01/04/2009, -4/+16Quit spewing your "propaganda"
- inactive, on 01/04/2009, -3/+15That was a funny bash quote, I'm unsure if you're attempting to plagarize it
- theone3, on 01/04/2009, -0/+11Actually, it used to be inhabited by the upper classes of society too, but that is rarely mentioned in history books because it's not the popular fiction.
- parax, on 01/04/2009, -4/+15"She said both requests had been made by the administration of George Bush, not of US President-elect Barack Obama."
So far as I'm aware, it's only proper that the sitting President makes official requests It would be very bizarre if any president-elect were issuing official requests before taking office. - JedicodeWarrior, on 01/04/2009, -1/+12Nice of bush to think of this exit strategy.
- howcansheslap, on 01/04/2009, -5/+16I'm glad we rejected them. What were we suppose to do with them anyway? Spend millions keeping them detained in some remote detention centre? Put them into our community even though they got absolutely no right to be here, and are most probably dangerous?
- ironhide, on 01/04/2009, -0/+11well, considering many detainees weren't on the field to be engaged.....
- Bloake, on 01/04/2009, -1/+11Bush should take them home to Crawford.
- Swivelstick, on 01/04/2009, -3/+13"Well if they were tried according to international law, almost every single one of them would be executed."
Are you talking about the Bush administration? - JedicodeWarrior, on 01/04/2009, -1/+11Most of them shouldn't have been captured anyway. Talk about a waste of money.
- chaos86, on 01/04/2009, -3/+13Second that. There are people who have been there for 5 years now without trial. That wouldn't stand in the American or the Australian court systems, why does it work in the international military court system? It's disgusting.
- economicdecline, on 01/04/2009, -1/+11Congratulations Rukoo on not knowing one single thing about Australian citizens detained in Guantanamo Bay. There were only ever 2 Australian citizens detained; David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib.
Mr Habib was released on 28 January 2005 on the basis that there was insufficient evidence to lay charges against him.
Mr Hicks pleaded guilty to the charge of providing material support for terrorism at his arraignment before a military commission on 26 March 2007. He was sentenced to seven years imprisonment, of which all but nine months were suspended. On 20 May 2007 Hicks was transferred to a South Australian prison to serve out the remaining nine months of his sentence. - the90sguy, on 01/04/2009, -1/+10Good call, send them to Bush or Cheyney's house. Hahaha...
- whazdown, on 01/04/2009, -1/+10Mostly Irish actually.
- jesusluvsme, on 01/04/2009, -3/+12Good for them.
- j1ggy, on 01/04/2009, -2/+11What about the innocent ones? Oh wait, they haven't had trials yet, no one knows who's innocent.
- messiah, on 01/04/2009, -2/+11They should not have been put in the cage in the first place. Your country made the mess, it should therefore clean up after itself. personally Id like to see Bush sent there for war crimes. Saddam was hung or it, now they should hang Bush. The biggest WMD in Iraq is American Forces.
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