January 14, 2009

"Innocent": I do not think that word means what you think it means

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on Gitmo detainees that many in the world seem to think are "innocent" and who were "just in the wrong place at the wrong time":

When America invaded Afghanistan, they just arrive in Afghanistan cause the[y] hear there enemy. They don’t know what it means al-Qaeda or Osama bin Laden or Taliban. They don’t care about these things. They heard they were enemy in Afghanistan. They just arrived. As they heard first time Russian invade Afghanistan. … [T]hey don’t know what is going on. They just hear they are fighting and they help Muslim in Afghanistan.
So, they weren't necessarily members of the Taliban or al Qaeda but they were in Afghanistan to fight America. This makes them "innocent bystanders" because .......... ??

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 12:12 PM | |