Gitmo appalling (Another SCATHING column!)

[Spazito]

MIAMI -- Last week Duncan Hunter, chairman of the powerful U.S. House armed services committee, went on TV to rebut charges by Amnesty International that the Bush administration is running "the gulag of our time" at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Not to be underthought, VP Dick Cheney and Defence Secretary Don Rumsfeld also rushed to Gitmo's defence. Cheney advanced the masterful thesis that the camp had to be kept open because it held "bad guys." Rumsfeld claimed it must stay open because taxpayers had invested $100 million US to build it and spend $90 million annually to run it.

The Senate majority leader, Republican Bill Frist, added, "to cut and run because of image problems is the wrong thing to do." Brilliant, Bill. In an earlier time, you might have advised: "Mein Fuhrer, ignore all that stupid criticism of our concentration camps. Stand firm!"

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The White House says Taliban and jihadi fighters were "illegal combatants" deserving no mercy or legal protection. Then what of the 20,000 plus non-uniformed U.S. and British mercenaries operating in Iraq and Afghanistan as "civilian contractors," and non-uniformed U.S. Special Forces?

more, lots more

http://torontosun.canoe.ca/News/Columnists/Margolis_Eric/2005/06/19/1095168-sun.html

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[Spazito]

1. Kicking because this really is worth a read!

(I usually don't kick my own threads but GD is moving so fast I figured I would this time.)

[in_cog_ni_to]

2. Holy cow! You're not kidding it's scathing! Whoa!

Of course it's not from a US journalist. :grr:

Love this bit on Hunter and Cheney! An all-inclusive resort! Funny! I'm sure Duncan has reservations as we speak. :eyes:

The San Diego Cicero waved some fruit and a chicken leg at viewers to illustrate Guantanamo's haute cuisine, declaring its inmates have "never eaten better ... they've never been treated better -- courtesy of the American taxpayer!"

Those lucky, lucky 540 Muslims at Gitmo.

One wonders if Hunter plans to spend his next vacation there. Apparently it's a great, all-inclusive resort, with programs like sleep deprivation, intense noise assault, cigarette burning, water torture, beatings, humiliation. Deluxe wire cages are even included in the package. And what food!

Not to be underthought, VP Dick Cheney and Defence Secretary Don Rumsfeld also rushed to Gitmo's defence. Cheney advanced the masterful thesis that the camp had to be kept open because it held "bad guys." Rumsfeld claimed it must stay open because taxpayers had invested $100 million US to build it and spend $90 million annually to run it.

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. I also didn't know about these "secret" GULAGS...

Guantanamo violates the Geneva Conventions, international and U.S. law. There are reports that in the rest of the secret U.S. gulags in Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Diego Garcia, even worse crimes are being committed against those suspected of anti-U.S. activities.

And people wonder why we're so hated? Sheesh!

[Spazito]

6. Actually, he is a US citizen, unfortunately the US mainstream won't

publish his columns, I wonder why, lol.

Here is his bio:

Foreign Correspondent/Defense Analyst and Columnist

Regular Commentator:

CBC TV
CNN
CNN International
FOX
CTV

http://www.ericmargolis.com/biography.php

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. That's why Greg Palast had to move to the UK.

Our corporate media SUCKS!

[Hamlette]

3. kick, good read

[understandinglife]

5. Thank you for posting!

Peace.


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