A-Pee story. Rest at link.The Marine commander who built the Guantanamo Bay prison said Thursday the U.S. lost the "moral high ground" with its brutal treatment of prisoners, and the facility should be closed as quickly as possible.
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| 2009-09-26 |
| A-Pee story. Rest at link. The Marine commander who built the Guantanamo Bay prison said Thursday the U.S. lost the "moral high ground" with its brutal treatment of prisoners, and the facility should be closed as quickly as possible. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #12 I'm with moose on this one. Release them all, with an RFID chip in their ass, and bomb them and all their friends next Tuesday. Learn from our past mistake and never bring another one in alive. |
| Posted by: rammer 2009-09-26 23:11 |
| #11 Lesson learned. Next time, after field interrogation, feed the sharks with them. *Don't*, *do not*, bring them back to the US with you. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-09-26 16:07 |
| #10 Is there a time limit on how long you have before you shoot pirates and spies and other combatants flaunting the rules of war by avoiding uniforms and hiding amongst civilians? |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2009-09-26 13:48 |
| #9 What brutal treatment was there? I assume the fact that they're IN prison at all. You know, trot out that High Horse, they were only practising their religion. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-09-26 12:20 |
| #8 JohnQC - The NYT published an article - 3 pages - back in '03 or '04 regarding the ICRC and alleged 'torture' going on at Gitmo (ICRC refused confirmation). The worst they could find was detainees being strapped to a chair, naked, and forced to listen to loud music with strobe lights. Loud music and strobe lights? The kids in this country subject themselves to that willingly and on a regular basis. |
| Posted by: Woozle Uneter9007 2009-09-26 12:05 |
| #7 Another general probably looking to get 'in' with demonrats to sell his book when it comes out. Alot of our Generals seem to morph into politicians once they realize they're not going any higher before retirement. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2009-09-26 11:58 |
| #6 I'm not certain what the general meant by losing the moral high ground. What brutal treatment was there? Everyone that I heard of that went down, Congressmen, newspeople, etc. there to uncover brutalities came back and reported good treatment of prisoners. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2009-09-26 11:51 |
| #5 brutal treatment of prisoners Detention = torture. Better diet than most of the poor in America = torture. High quality medical care (confirmed by the Red Cross) = torture. Unfettered access to detainees by ICRC = torture. Ask him why some of the prisoners scheduled for release refused to leave. |
| Posted by: Woozle Uneter9007 2009-09-26 10:51 |
| #4 They are America's guest. Put them up in the White House. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-09-26 10:24 |
| #3 “President Barack Obama has ordered the prison to close by January 2010, but it's unclear where about 200 remaining prisoners would go.” Huh…wha? But…just this week at the alter of the UN, the Great One announced to the world he closed GITMO down. This is all very confusing. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2009-09-26 09:43 |
| #2 High Moral Ground(tm), see fantasy. From the Greatest Generation. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-09-26 08:41 |
| #1 I'm sure the adherents of the Great Religion of Peace will help you regain it. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-09-26 07:31 |