UNFINISHED BUSINESS .....

White House hopefuls  Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio , plus 13 other republican U.S. senators demanded today , that ISIS fighters be sent to the Guantanamo Bay detention center , which would boost its population , while Pres. Obama moves to close it .


These acts and demands bring back the old discussions about closing the Guantanamo prison and facilities . Just to mention one aspect of the debate , the cost of each prisoner to us tax payers , is in excess of 6 million Dollars per inmate per year , so a quick calculation of the costs to maintain about 300 of them locked up in Guantanamo is closer to 2 billion Dollars , funny !!! How funny for a Republican rich politician trying to cut on every dime for public health , education , infrastructure fixing and social security for the seniors , to be so very OK. with an extra 2 billions per year for maintaining an obsolete prison for few hundred terrorists .


If we are absolutely short of reasonable space for them , let me propose two solutions ; We ask our top ally , Israel , who owe us a lot in money , arms and everything else to take some of them , interrogate them and eventually dispose of them as they see fit , and the rest we send to Syria 's Assad , whom we are trying lately to revamp , some of the regime's specialized high ranking officers would gladly oblige and do whatever we ask them for , as both countries and regimes are top qualified masters at treating prisoners , and all at a small fraction of the costs .


Holding prisoners for years without charge or trial is of no concern to some , as well as any human right violation that goes against our most fundamental values .






-----  We should exercise some cautiousness in totally antagonizing  our  neighbor , Mexico , and all its smaller affiliates of Latino descenders countries , they are going to be here , close and very close to us for ever , long after some of our politicians and aspiring ones expire , we do not need to absolutely poison all of our neighborhoods with stupid electoral inflammatory rethorics .
 We do not need as well , to turn ourselves into total religious fanatics and colour haters , whether all monotheistic and other religions , white , blacks ,red or yellow , who ever needs and cherish this type of life can emigrate to Saudi , Israel , Iran or Africa , or even the newly reemerging Christian Russia .


----- The biggest farcical charade , turning us into a mockery nation , in tune with  Lebanon not being able to elect its president for two years , is the absurd game of refusing to discuss or confirm any candidate for the supreme court , to fill the gap after the sudden vacancy , why can't we just keep the supreme court out of politics , and out of the usual bickering . Liberal , conservative or anything in between should be the norms and the limits , and all of these could be discussed and solved , maybe some of our fanatical politicians ought to go and live in Lebanon as well , fulfil their emptiness and have their fill .  Let's hope some cool heads will prevail .


----- and finally , why  don't we once and for all , learn and apply the international Metric system , even Britain did so , NASA and the whole scientific society are there naturally , it's only our old us and our old politicians resisting the switch to a kilo instead of a pound ,  a meter in lieu of an inch and a foot , a liter instead of gallons ,and kilometers instead of miles , it's the same mentality still governing us in most aspects of our life and politics , we are paying  for our pounds  and ounces and being defrauded at every supermarket check-out point .


Our issues and social problems and old ways could be discussed  and solved , and should be , let's not put our democracy and our  recent supremacy in leading the world into the future , let's not put it all in jeopardy , let's not lose it all for partisanship and stubborn bickering , we can in my honest opinion be again a very moral nation and very close people , something we're not at these moments .


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