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2008-03-23 Iraq

OMG: Now Iraqi detainees are refusing to go home NOOoooooo

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Posted by RD 2008-03-23 15:39|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 my panties my panties, where '0 where are my panties?

So they have fraternities on campus too?

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-03-23 16:27|| 2008-03-23 16:27|| Front Page Top

#2 They're fed, clothed and pretty safe. They're getting an education they can't get outside.

And - just as a guess - some of these teens are unconsciously modelling themselves on the US military they see around them. A very different model than the men who got them into trouble in the first place.

I know we can't do this for everyone, but I can certainly see why the kids and families both might want this to continue.

Posted by lotp 2008-03-23 16:31|| 2008-03-23 16:31|| Front Page Top

#3 That'd be "23,000 or so detainees" filling mass graves if they'd tried to pull their stunts under Saddam.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2008-03-23 16:59|| 2008-03-23 16:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe not detention after they are cleared to go home. Perhaps a closed campus or something like that. Either way, they are getting educated and staying out of the fighting man's hair. Win-win in my book.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-03-23 17:54|| 2008-03-23 17:54|| Front Page Top

#5 "Please, B'rer Fox, don't throw me in that briar patch!" Clearly, reverse psychology works.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-03-23 19:19|| 2008-03-23 19:19|| Front Page Top

#6 It is a good opportunity, especially for the juveniles. Instead of just releasing them, however, they should be turned over to the Iraqi government with the intent of training for non-military and non-police government jobs.

That is, they already are learning something, so why not put them to work as municipal employees? Dog catchers, parks department, maintenance and janitorial, etc.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-03-23 21:23|| 2008-03-23 21:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Lots of them are probably Sunni, Anonymoose. Are you sure the Iraqi government is ready to handle them as we'd like? On the other hand, growing their own food, sewing their own clothing, doing their own catering and clean up, and keeping records on the results thereof, could make this a self-supporting enterprise. I believe there a number of colleges that operate that way in Kentucky, and one exceedingly tiny, ultra-elite (I seem to remember they have 19 students),
post-secondary institution out West somewhere.

Posted by trailing wife 2008-03-23 23:10|| 2008-03-23 23:10|| Front Page Top

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