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Originally Posted by Daniel_
This begs the question, why would a man that has been declared innocent and no risk commit an act of war?
Either ( a ) the man was really a risk - therefore declaring him safe shows that the American system has failings, or
( b ) the man was no risk - therefore he probably wasn't committing an act of war, but rather an act of desperation - so the American system has failings.
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He could have been comitting suicide out of desperation, but its effects will be seen as a failing of the American system and another point of criticism for Gitmo.
Whether a risk or not, it could be argued that at one point he was a risk to soldiers or citizens, but since he was captured and sent to Gitmo the risk he posed changed. That is very much like former wars when people have been sent to POW camps and after the war they were released since they are no longer a risk. People probably killed themselves in those POW camps, too, whe ther they be in Germany holding US/British/French citizens or in the Pacific with Japanese soldiers.
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