Gitmo comes to Britain

Well, some of the prisoners anyway.

"Britain may take in Guantanamo prisoners in deal to help Obama close notorious jail" - Daily Mail (01/01/09).

This is just plain wrong on so many levels but the most important one is that the 'punishment' they will face in one of our prisons will feel like a reward compared to the treatment they've received in Gitmo.

Of course, this 'punishment' will only last as long as we can keep them in jail before the human rights mob have them not only released into our society and given an extensive suite of benefits to make up for their Gitmo days.

What will be conveniently forgotten is the role these prisoners had in contributing to the death toll of allied soliders in Iraq and Afghanistan, not to mention their possible connections with terror plots to be carried out against soft targets the world over.

The families of soldiers who have died at the hands of these prisoners will maybe get 10 seconds of airtime to complain about it followed by a 10 minute 'back in the studio' debate (minus service personnel representation) to explain why the prisoners are the real victims.

It's worth a read if only for the dumbass comments from the public at large, especially the ones that go something like "It wasn't our war, let America sort it out". We need new prisons to house the stupid!