And since I'm pointing out that that premise is mistaken -- i.e. it is a detention facility not a penal one -- my comparison of it to a county jail, rather than a state prison is apt.
I have no problem believing that some who were in the wrong place at the wrong time were detained at Gitmo. I have no problem believing that some who were in the wrong place at the wrong time died in missile strikes either.
I take issue with the claim that Gitmo was an unjust or immoral solution to a problem, or that we purposely sought to punish innocent people.
There were a whole lot of innocent people detained at refugee camps after the Vietnam War. Do you have a problem with that?
You cut out where I said there was no judicial escape valve.