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Originally Posted by NuclearFart
Why is that? They took Saddam alive.
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The USA hasn't been taking prisoners for a number of years now, but particularly in this Administration.
Gitmo and the inmates in it is an ongoing hot potato and moving trials to the USA are a platform for propoganda spewing as well as doubtful outcomes.
You really don't see people being added to Gitmo. They're all being killed by drones and in other raids.
There is a realization that they are sacrificing possible intelligence information in taking this tactic but that consideration is outweighed by other political considerations.
No prisoners. There was no chance at all that Osama Bin Laden was going to be taken alive, even if he wanted to be.
Cowperson