19 retired U.S. generals, admirals back Hillary Clinton on closing GITMO

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19 retired U.S. generals, admirals back Clinton's stance on Guantanamo http://reut.rs/1Q5s3aU via @Reuters

A group of 19 retired U.S. generals and admirals on Thursday backed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's position on the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo and torture and called for an end to the "dangerous rhetoric" from her Republican opponents.

"The Republican candidates have turned this into a game to see who can seem toughest. Yet, how we combat our enemies and defeat ISIS is not a game, and these proposals would only make us weaker," the retired officers said in a statement, using an acronym for Islamic State, the militant group active in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere...

The retired officers said expanding the use of Guantanamo "is dangerous and has real negative consequences for our national security."

Expanding the use of torture, they said, would compromise global U.S. leadership and put American troops and civilians at risk.

"We applaud Hillary Clinton's leadership on these issues and call on the immediate end to the dangerous rhetoric coming from the right," the retired officers said.


read: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-clinton-military-idUSMTZSAPEC2P4IWTTX