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AudibleNod t1_j6yzxdr wrote

When Gitmo opened it's prison for detainees held in the War on Terror, they stated they'd honor the spirit of the Geneva Conventions even though the people captured were classified as "enemy combatants" and not soldiers. Currently, 34 people are being held there. The Geneva Conventions require belligerents to repatriate POWs upon the end of hostilities. Operation Iraqi Freedom ended in 2010 and Operation Enduring Freedom ended in 2014. If the "spirit" of the Geneva Conventions was a consideration these men (as good or bad as they may be) should have been repatriated.

What this does, is give any potential enemy of the US less of an incentive to treat US servicemembers well.

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LeicaM6guy t1_j71b174 wrote

As I recall, I lot of countries refused to take back some of these folks. It’s not like we can just stuff some twenties in their pocket and drop them off at the border.

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estranho t1_j71t6ah wrote

Perhaps if we just had them diagnosed with a mental illness first, then we could do that.

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itsnothingdear t1_j74ww0k wrote

This is an individual who cooperated extensively with the US. His life would be endangered by repatriating him in Pakistan. He is prevented by federal law from entering the United States. The delay with his release was because it was hard to find a third party country who would accept him and who had the means to adequately protect him.

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