Germany still has a few questions it needs to have answered before it can decide to say no to taking in the Guantanamo prisoners the United States is now trying to relocate for our sins, so-to-speak (or was it their sins?). I’ll try to answer these as best I can.

“Firstly: is it sufficiently certain that these people pose no danger?” My answer: No, it isn’t. That’s one reason why they were in prison.

“Secondly, why can’t the United States take the people concerned?” My answer: We, like Germany, now prefer a more international solution to the problem.

“And thirdly, is there any relation to Germany?” My answer: No, no more than there is a relation to Lithuania and Portugal, but you moaned about Guantanamo so loud and so long we figured you might want to take this opportunity to finally do something about it.

Any further questions?

„Innenministerium fordert Sicherheitsgarantien für Guantanamo-Häftlinge”