The chairman of David Hale Global Economics?

It’s David Hale.

And he’s suggesting Iceland takes prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to help alleviate the financial crisis they’re in.

“The US could show its appreciation to Reykjavik for hosting prisoners by allowing its banks to join the troubled asset relief programme. The US Treasury could cover the cost of repaying Iceland’s retail deposits in the UK and the Netherlands with just one-half of the profit it made on its Goldman Sachs shares. As the prisoners come primarily from Afghanistan, they would probably prefer Iceland’s cooler climate to the tropical heat of Cuba.”

A realistic Icesave solution?

Probably not.

Given the fact Iceland is already embroiled in the deeply divisive Icesave dispute, opening another deeply devise issue with Guantanamo prisoners just doesn’t make sense.

And why re-open that base at Keflavik? A stain of American influence on the clothes of a country that has a fierce independent streak.

It’s not the Cold War anymore either.

The world’s geopolitical situation has changed.

What do you think Icelanders?

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