You righties can accuse us lefties of coddling "terrorists" all you want, but until you offer any kind of proof (other than "they have brown skin, have read the Koran, and were in Afghanistan") that the Gitmo detainees are terrorists, you are only imprisoning innocent people.
It is perfectly acceptable to hold enemy combatants during a time of war. Do you understand the PR victory AQ would get by having all those people put on trial? The theater, the endless appeals, it would be a nightmare.