Prisoners of their prisoners
From Mr Robert Henderson Sir: The Americans have two hideous problems with releasing the Afghan POWs they are holding in Cuba.
The first is obvious: such people will be utterly determined on revenge.
The second problem is the treatment the Americans are handing out to the POWs. Can the USA afford to have such people at large revealing the mistreatment they have received? This would include the denial of POW status, deliberate humiliation such as beard-shaving, denial of a fair trial, denial of legal representation, interrogation techniques amounting to torture, and deliberately placing them in physically demanding quarters.
I would not mind betting that the US has embarked on this policy with no proper thought. They may well end up being the prisoners of their prisoners.
Robert Henderson
London NW1
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