Delftsman

Gitmo The OTHER side of the story

Amnesty International has received widespread coverage with it's "Gulag" statements about our detention facility at Gitmo...wonder just how much coverage the OTHER side of the story will get?

Note some of the details in the story:"...the prisoner was temporarily in another part of the prison for a bath..." (Yep, sounds like a really HARSH Gulag...They actually expect the prisoners to BATHE!)

"...The entire incident was videotaped, as are all cell-extraction procedures under the tight protocol with which military officials have been running the Guantanamo prison..." (yes, we are SO proud of our Gulag, that we want video evidence on just how brutal we can be.)

"Last week, the Pentagon also acknowledged several incidents of Koran mishandling, although most were inadvertent and all were punished." You have to consider the source of the Koran abuse charges...to some of these fanatics, the mere touch of an "unbeliever" constitutes "Koran abuse". Note that even the inadvertant mishandling of the RoP's Holy scriptures were punished...yeah, sure sounds like a gulag situation to me....

"The military is spending about $2.8 million to construct a psychiatric ward for mentally ill detainees."

"We have an ethical responsibility to provide treatment they need regardless of what they've done or what they're accused of," he said, denying the new psychiatric ward was a response to criticism by human rights groups."(Navy Capt. Steve Edmonson, the head doctor for detainees.)
Um...I thought the purpose of a gulag was the total dehumanization (and ultimately death) of it's subjects? I guess we just don't have the experience to run a gulag the right way....maybe we should ask the Russians? or North Koreans?....I Know! We have a number of VERY experienced contacts in Iraq that we can use for their techhnical expertise in sub-human treatment of prisoners...course we would have to release them from prison to allow them to educate us in the proper methods. And Saddam just might protest that he should have the right to oversee them in their efforts; he WAS the architech(sic) of their program, after all.

Am I cherry picking the article for items that support my contentions? You bet your ass I am! Works for the Left/Socialist/Progressive coallition in THEIR "discussions" of issues, turn about is fair play.

Charles Krauthammer has, as always, an excellent opinion piece on the subject. Would that more pundits would have his clear and logical insights.