[Grovenet] Being thankful

[David Morelli]

I would suggest that the article's statement that over 60 have  
returned to terrorism is a guess by the government.

However,  no matter the exact number who have done terrorist acts  
after their release, it is absolutely true that those who committed  
terrorist acts after release were either terrorists when they entered  
the prison, or they were not terrorists when they entered the prison.

Those who were terrorists before entering prison and who committed  
acts of terror after release certainly did "return to terrorism".   
So, that part of the statement is accurate.

Those who were not terrorists before entering prison and who  
committed acts of terror after release certainly did "convert to  
terrorism".  So, that part of the statement is accurate.

The only part left open to question is, "is the phrase 'in revenge   
for their treatment' an accurate statement of the motivation?

If it was not their treatment in the prison that prompted some  
released  feel free to offer alternate motivations.

I agree that other motivations can exist.  A prisoner could have  
relatives in Gaza, they could have family injured by the invasion and  
occupation of Iraq, or with the resurgence of the Taliban they may  
want to be on the winning side in Afghanistan.

There can be other reasons.  But, I will tell you that if you lock me  
up for five years, keep me from contacting my family, humiliate me,  
electro shock me or treat me to waterboarding, then ...  "getting  
even" starts to look like a real motivator.

David



On Jan 22, 2009, at 5:50 PM, JJSAW at aol.com wrote:

>
> In a message dated 1/22/2009 1:48:49 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> allnutt at verizon.net writes:
>
> The  article also
> states that over 60 that Bush has released have either  returned to  
> terrorism or have been converted to terrorism in revenge  for their  
> treatment.
>
>
> I couldn't find the proof of this statement in the article, or  
> anywhere  else on the web.
> Would you please provide the documentation that you based the  
> "revenge"  portion on?