Hicks's new prison 'a Hilton' compared to Cuba. : "'We look at all his individual needs, his health, his welfare, psychological services that might be required,' he said."
The circle in which I mix is glad to have David Hicks home. Some believe it was good for him to have that private flight. It protected us all from media hoo-ha which we don't want. It protected him when he is , as yet, in no position to defend himself and some believed he deserved that jet after all he went through. He didn't have a trial , as such, and that's the least we expected. We were surprised he was left in Guantanomo Bay for so long and we believe our government could have managed this better. As it stands we think he should be at home where we can sort it all out and we a really pleased about that. We were inspired by his long suffering father who has been so patient with the system. He has shown himself to be a man of dignity. He asked for fair treatment for his son. He asked no more and no less. He asked for his son to be treated humanely. He withstood all the twists and turns of this particular case with a lot of dignity and has shown us all how to behave in adverse and abject circumstances. We were also impressed with Marine Corps Major Michael Mori who defended David Hicks in America. We acknowledge he represented his uniform, his country and our citizen with a great deal of expertise, skill and common sense. He negotiated between his country and ours effectively and he did the utmost to represent David Hicks fairly. We thank him.It is time to let David Hicks reformat himself back to Australian ways. There will be a lesson in this for all of us and we'll learn it when the time is right.
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