People have an expectation that they could die from heart disease or cancer at some point. They have an expectation that they could die in a car crash when driving. They have an expectation that they could be killed in a plane crash when flying.
They have no expectation that they and their friends will suddenly have their legs blown off and bleed out on the street while enjoying a public social event.
That is what makes terrorism different than those situations you highlighted. The fear in the back of you head while doing mundane things.
This isn't complicated. If I wanted comments like yours, I would go to reddit.
In order to convict someone you need sufficient evidence. When someone is captured in a war zone, usually by non-Western forces, evidence collection is not a top priority.
So either you hold them indefinitely or release them.
Obviously Obama believes that it is too risky to let these people go.
Clueless middle class Western programmers on Hacker News believed everything some guy in prion said and thought they understood national security realities better than the president of the US.
And they made a bunch of brave comments. Much karma was exchanged.
I think it's funny that you vote for Obama because you think he's a good guy with a good vision for America, then when he gets into power and makes a decision you think is morally contemptuous, your first though is that 'he wasn't who I thought he was'.
What the fuck do you know about national security, SoftwareMaven? You're a programmer on Hacker News. You're not privy to the shit that Obama is privy to.
How do you know your idea of what is moral is also what would be good for society as a whole? How do you know that Obama isn't simply responding in a reasonable way to the reality that you have no conception of.
Also, throwaway so I don't get called a fascist nazi or whatever.
They have no expectation that they and their friends will suddenly have their legs blown off and bleed out on the street while enjoying a public social event.
That is what makes terrorism different than those situations you highlighted. The fear in the back of you head while doing mundane things.
This isn't complicated. If I wanted comments like yours, I would go to reddit.