Yesterday, 06:55 PM
The whole "release him somewhere else" argument is nothing but pure smoke and mirrors. This fact becomes evident if you examine the "choices" they've offered for where else to release the guy.
Forcibly release him in Gaza or Lebanon? These people claim to respect national sovereignty. It's a big part of their "closed borders" argument. Apparently they respect it, except when it suits their purpose not to. Besides, neither of these is ever, EVER going to actually happen and they know damn well that they aren't.
The other two suggestions that I've seen are so farcical as to be unworthy of even mentioning, but I'll mention them just to be thorough. Cast him adrift in a boat? Release him in Antarctica? Aside from being utterly ludicrous, given the state of Hassoun's health they would amount to a virtual death sentence.
Ultimately what the "release him somewhere else" gang are doing is offering up a Hobson's choice. Since there is no realistic, credible option to release him elsewhere, the only remaining option is indefinite detention. Being that there's no way they could reasonably be unaware of this fact, they absolutely are supporting indefinite detention, at least in this particular case, or, at best just don't care one way or the other if Hassoun is ever released.
In spite of the fact that the actual particulars of Hassoun's case have been posted several times, they continue to be falsely reported by some.
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