accords and it hasn t ended completely, but it s pretty much ended. don t be so pessimistic about the fact that this war on terror, terrorist war against us, isn t at some point going to come to an end. they do, we can t see that when we re in the middle of it, like we couldn t see that in 1986, 87, 88 in northern ireland. i will just say one thing. it is a general consensus among those who study the northern ireland issue that the good friday agreement might have happened earlier, but for the recruiting tools that these hunger strikes and the way it was dealt with provided. we have a laundry list of resentments against the west. certainly. if you look at what osama bin laden said about his resentments. u.s. troops in saudi arabia. if we re looking at recruiting tools, we d have to go through a list of 100. so you don t think guantanamo is? for me, let s put aside the
this realization, the signs have been evident for some time. as someone who now supports keeping it open, who goes through your mind when you hear pardiss describe the conditions there. i want to be clear about my position. i don t think guantanamo ought to stay open for the long term. what i was responding to is my fear that the bumper sticker of close guantanamo was missing some of the broader underlying issues, which is the questions about when does this conflict end. and until we answer that question, this is this there s two three categories of detainees at guantanamo. there s the 86 who have been either cleared for transfer or conditional transfer who essentially languish there due to a combination of congressional restrictions and an administration who s kind of given up on transferring some of these detainees out. and also home country refusal to take them. absolutely, absolutely. and then there s this other category of 46 detainees who this administration, just like
this realization, the signs have been evident for some time. as someone who now supports keeping it open, who goes through your mind when you hear pardiss describe the conditions there. i want to be clear about my position. i don t think guantanamo ought to stay open for the long term. what i was responding to is my fear that the bumper sticker of close guantanamo was missing some of the broader underlying issues, which is the questions about when does this conflict end. and until we answer that question, this is this there s two three categories of detainees at guantanamo. there s the 86 who have been either cleared for transfer or conditional transfer who essentially languish there due to a combination of congressional restrictions and an administration who s kind of given up on transferring some of these detainees out. and also home country refusal to take them. absolutely, absolutely. and then there s this other category of 46 detainees who this administration, just like
i don t think guantanamo ought to stay open for the long term. what i was responding to is my fear that the bumper sticker of close guantanamo was missing some of the broader underlying close guantanamo was missing some of the broader underlying issues, which is the questions about when does this conflict end. and until we answer that question, this is this there s two three categories of detainees at guantanamo. there s the 86 who have been either cleared for transfer or conditional transfer who essentially languish there due to a combination of congressional restrictions and an administration who s kind of given up on transferring some of these detainees out. and also home country refusal to take them. absolutely, absolutely. and then there s this other category of 46 detainees who this administration, just like the past administration, has