Hicks making things difficult

Hicks making things difficult, says Howard : "DAVID Hicks's refusal to speak to Australian consular officials was making it it difficult to verify his claims of mistreatment at Guantanamo Bay, Prime Minister John Howard said today."

I think Mr. Howard needs to live under the same conditions for 6 years and see how he would be. David Hicks is clearly in no position to actually be let alone think. His lawyers have given a pretty accurate account of his deterioration. He is in no position to be tried. He has just been kept there and is proof we have no way of dealing with people in a civilised way. What he did at the time was not wrong. The world changed and now he is thought to be wrong but he has just been left and to treat anyone like that is not a sign of strength. The words are empty and are now rattling around because David Hicks needs care and he needs to be made well and then we need to hear his case. Treating him like this is not managing the situation at all.