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Sunday, June 11, 2006

Guantanamo suicides are 'acts of war' now?

Read this article today and became really indignant and angry. These people are treated inhumanely, tortured, locked away in little more than cement holes and are told they are being held indefinitely. The whole process is illegal and most detainees must know it. Anyone's psychological health would take a beating after even a few months of this kind of treatment. So news hits that three of them have hanged themselves. These guys have been in Guantanamo for 4 years. You'd expect some empathy and concern, or at least some kind of investigation, but the best the base commander can come up with is:-

"They have no regard for human life," he said. "Neither ours nor their own. I believe this was not an act of desperation but an act of asymmetric warfare against us."

I can't conceive of an ideology or philosophy egotistical or twisted enough to come up with something like that and really believe it. America really has got it's head up it's ass.

"To help prevent more suicides, guards will now give bed sheets to detainees only when they go to bed and remove them after they wake up in the morning"

I can think of a novel idea. Give them a trial. Treat them like human beings. Give them half decent living conditions. The sooner someone wakes up over there the better. Arghh.. So fucking unjust. The whole thing is just fucking insane.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Snarkyboojum I just heard some great news for you all. When the Guantanamo prisoners are released they are being flown to Australia. Lucky for the USA you all have opened your hearts and renting every last one of them their very flats in Sydney of all places!? We shall see how long your bleeding hearts last when they terrorize your country!? Lock your doors and bring in the Pets and Kids! heh heh

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