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2003-07-28 Home Front

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Posted by Steve White 2003-07-28 1:20:55 AM|| || Front Page|| [11138 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 They're still breathing - and that's significant. It's what they can be thankful for - and what they can curse, if it suits them.

I was very happy to read that just mentioning Gitmo was an effective opening play in interrogations in Iraq. Very Sweet. I hope the legend grows (Thank you BBC, CNN, AI, ACLU, et al - keep it up!) - and scares the Holy Shit out of the asshats - and all the potential asshats out there.

Every society that hopes to survive, given the available lethality, needs a lever, a boogie man, an Alcatraz, a Gitmo, a deterrence. It seems Gitmo serves us well for this particular breed of vermin. Cool.

Thx, Mr Congressman for the fair and honest assessment of the professionalism with which the US Military runs Gitmo - you earned your pay, for a change. Those soldiers earn it every day.

Posted by PD 2003-7-28 8:29:10 AM|| 2003-7-28 8:29:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Placed in cold, overcrowded rooms? It's Cuba, we call it air conditioning. If we didn't have it, they'd bitch about the heat. And I thought they were bitching about solitary, not overcrowding. Get your stories straight, assholes.

Posted by tu3031 2003-7-28 11:15:01 AM|| 2003-7-28 11:15:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 SOG475 - My reaction exactly after I wrote it! I don't drink, really (made Saudi a LOT easier), but I sat down with a cup of coffee and a snifter of Bailey's (only alky I have) and thought about it for a few minutes before I submitted. Too funny... Hey, credit where due, right? In a perverse way.

Posted by PD 2003-7-28 12:06:36 PM|| 2003-7-28 12:06:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 "Two of 16 Afghan prisoners who were released a week ago said that they were beaten, kept restrained or placed in cold, overcrowded rooms."

Which was it? Were you beaten, restrained or placed in cold, overcrowded rooms?

Posted by Tibor 2003-7-28 12:08:53 PM|| 2003-7-28 12:08:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Do a Goggle on Sherieff Joe Arpio,Maricopa County Sherieff.
Tent City(always have vacancies).

Joe's philosophy:"If tents are good enough for our troops in the Gulf,tents are good enough for criminals"
Inmates get green balony sandwiches,3 times a day and pay .50cents/per meal.

Remember folks Phoenix,Az is in the middle of the Sonran Desert.Tempature over the last few weeks has been between 111-118degress(f).

Posted by raptor 2003-7-28 4:17:03 PM|| 2003-7-28 4:17:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Raptor -- Yeah, but don't forget all the money Maricopa County has had to pay out because of him. (Note: I work for one of the other law enforcement agencies in Maricopa County.....thank God he's not my boss.) Comparing the guys running Gitmo to him is almost insulting.

Never thought I would see the day that air conditioning was cruel and unusual punishment! First, we eeeeeevilllll Merkins feed them so that they put on an average of 13 lbs, but then we give them climate controlled rooms! What diabolical torture will we think of next?

Posted by Baba Yaga 2003-7-28 5:38:21 PM|| 2003-7-28 5:38:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Not defending Sherieff Joe,Baba(I think the guys is an ass,seems like every few months an inmate is"accidently" killed)I was just compareing the"inhumane" conditions at Gitmo to those in Tent City.
Although I do agree that habitual criminals should not be given easy time.

Posted by raptor 2003-7-29 8:41:42 AM|| 2003-7-29 8:41:42 AM|| Front Page Top

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