Do you approve of rehabilitation for terrorists?

Alarmed to find that detainees are emerging from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and other U.S. detention centers more devoted than ever to radical Islam, Saudi Arabia is offering counseling, financial aid and even matchmaking to pull young militants away from terrorism.








To keep the former detainees from deep-pocketed militant recruiters, Saudi officials have treated them to perks that have included new cars, resort stays, job placement and help in finding brides. The multimillion-dollar rehabilitation program is available to most Saudis who've been accused of terrorism-related crimes, and officials estimate that as many as 2,000 have participated in the program since its inception in 2004.





http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashingt...

Do you approve of rehabilitation for terrorists?
The release of factually or technically innocent people from illegal detention poses a real problem.





When George Bush says the people in Guantanamo are dangerous he is right- (although 55% of them had not commited any hostile act against the United States, and 90% of them were not Al Quaeda militants- Pentagon estimates) these people will now harbor a serious grudge against the Coalition nations.





These innocent people will now be enraged- and will have Guantanamo credentials with which to join Al Quaeda and/or recruit folllowers. For this reason some drastic action is required to avoid bloodshed.





The article states that the ex-detainees receive 10 weeks of intense psychological testing- it can well be assumed that those who fail see the inside of another prison rather than the rehabilitation programme.
Reply:No, I approve of feeding them to the dogs...
Reply:Saudi is a terrorist farm! No the imprisoned terrorists should be tried convicted and beheaded if found guilty
Reply:Give the car bombers a new car and a job in the oil field. Sounds like a well thought out and sound policy to me.
Reply:yes i do just because they are wrong they should be treated
Reply:That's disgusting. I do not approve of coddling murderers.
Reply:the only rehab that is sufficient, is a well placed round to the back of the head, before they can clack themselves off on a crowded bus/subway or market.





their stated goals are death for the cause of allah, lets give them death. Its either us or them, they are devoted to filling the earth, hunting us, and killing us, enslaving us, or forcing us to pray to the east. We are devoted to withdrawing troops from their region, who will win this war of wills and ideology? thats why I fear the liberals in 08, they will bring us to our knees before our enemies, and the enemies will oblige.
Reply:No way. They would probably show up to rehab with a bomb strapped to their backs.
Reply:Gee, I wonder if that would have worked with American Revolutionaries?





Not.
Reply:No, Bush can not be rehabilitated.
Reply:There is nothing that is going to change them. They are born, breed terrorist.
Reply:The only rehabilitation for a real terrorist is a short drop with a sudden stop.
Reply:Rehabilitation?





Extremists are fueled by an idealogy, and to some degree a mental imbalance of sorts. You may be able to treat the imbalance, but changing someone's idealogy is no simplae manner.





This would be akin to someone who is an atheist trying to convince a devout christian that god doesn't exist or trying to convince a member of the KKK that whites are not a superior race. If someone believes that strongly about something it is highly unlikely that you will ever be able to change their faith.





In WWII, the decision to drop the atomic bombs was made because it was known that the Japanese believed in their emperor so strongly that every one of them would have fought to the death in a land invasion (indeed, see Kamikaze Pilot). It would have been a nightmarish bloodbath.





That's the kind of faith and devotion terrorists have to their cause. It is beyond reasoning.





I'm not aware of any (legal) treatments that could address this.





Some are "fringe" terrorists, not totally lost. But others I think have it so ingrained that it would take a massive continuous effort to try to rehabilitate them.





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Reply:No I don't. I believe that nothing will change their minds about their twisted belief system
Reply:2000....I mean, that's a lot but thats like one high school, which isnt a lot in comparision to the population at large.
Reply:Only if it includes a lobotomy
Reply:Not rehabilitation - extermination. Supporting, aiding and carrying out of acts of terrorism should be an automatic death penalty.