Excuse me, I find a sixteen year old, with an Ruger P-90, planning to kill Bush with a smoke grenade, with 100 bullets in his belt, or a rocket that can fly a hundred meters and deliver a payload, he should not have been out in Afghanistan in the first place, and should be back with his parents. And they should punish whoever broke his conscience.

Guantanamo Bay is not as bad as they say, or else, it's a violation of our own rules for ourselves.

I sleep fine, and I'd beg to say that only a small percentile of us are neurotic.

You are missing the point. Children, yes, I mean children, no matter how warped their thinking is, should not not be penned up like adults in a maximum security prison. Are you going to put a 12 year old in there next? Where do you draw the line? Guantanamo is inhumane and should be shut down!

I believe he was 15 when captured, reports he was tortured, and was transfered to Gitmo from Afghanistan.  He is one of several children captured, but I believe is the only one left in captivity.  He is charged with killing an American with a hand grenade. I believe, with you, the conduct of the United States as regards this "war on terror" is horrendous.  I really think Rumsfeld and Cheney should be investigated and possibly charged with war crimes.

 

 

Oh friggin Boo-hoo, I was a trained Marine killer at 17, if I was captured by the Vietcong {charlie} or the NVA I would have been treated as an adult POW, get over it! A fifteen year old with a gun in his hand ready to kill is just as deadly as a 30 year old. You bleeding hearts make me wanna PUKE!

Yes The entire war was totally uncalled for, was mishandled,!  from the day we entered Baghdad, Badly!!!!!!! Rummy is an Idiot!!!! Bush should have listened to the only sound mind on his cabinet the Sec of State. Colin Powell who was the only man who really understood what a shit storm Bush was in for.

According to documents released by the Department of Defense, the three youngest prisoners in Guantanamo were three Afghan boys, Naqib Ullah, Assad Ullah and Abdul Qudus. According to U.S. medical and flight records, Abdul Qudus was no more than 14 years old when he entered Guantanamo; the others were no older than 15.

 

If one can kill, and he shows no moral compass, he does not deserve freedom. If you kill, you life should be taken.

I find it interesting how many shots you take at the US yet only a small flick to the ear at Canada. Adnauseam, I am thankful the soldier that died was not related to you. I would hate to think what horrible things you would have said about the poor 15 year old had it been a brother, a father or a counsin of yours who was killed.

Oh the evil US and their torture methods, their abuse of human rights and human life. The horrors of the people of this nation. No wonder so many are trying to get in. No wait, wouldnt they wanna be getting out? Now I'm confused. Who's the bad guy again?

Thanks for your comments. I won't reply to individual comments as this is a sensitive issue. However, I have two points: I know that if my teenage son knifed or shot anyone, he'd be in a pretty comfortable cell and Dad would have a lawyer on call.

The World is becoming a scary place when juveniles can be treated like animals because George Bush threw out the Geneva convention in Gitmo's case and I'm guessing he threw out the UN childrens' charter too!

I don't know how I feel about the whole Guantanamo Bay thing, but I can tell you this much, my own husband treated the wounds of young men/boys who were injured (sometimes killed) making bombs to kill Americans with.

I agree that it's a tender and suggestible age, but that doesn't make someone murdered by a 16 year old any less dead. You still have to treat them as a threat if they are armed.

But what if he were knifed or shot by anyone?

No, the Geneva convention does not apply to terrorists. It applies for soldiers.