tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post5578417437096537877..comments2023-12-25T03:12:03.872-05:00Comments on Hootsbuddy's Place: Guantanamo detainees -- a partial followupHootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01108363655472450828noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post-17149157755057912902006-11-05T17:46:00.000-05:002006-11-05T17:46:00.000-05:00I don't read the Asharq Alawsat piece as saying th...I don't read the <i>Asharq Alawsat</i> piece as saying these guys didn't earn their places in Guantanamo. Rather, that they are now under arrest or supervised release in the KSA. The Saudis haven't given them a clean bill of health and have conducted their own investigations.<br /><br />This, I think, is an expression of the way the Saudis try to deal with their home-grown terrorists: try to convince them that there are better ways to make their point; that their understanding of religion is woefully inadequate; and that they've been led into a fantasy by the recruiters. So far, their method (which I've cited several times over the past couple of years) seems to be working.<br /><br />All it will take, though, is one recidivist to overturn the social experiement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com