The first detainees arrived in Guantánamo four months to the day after the 9/11 attacks. From the opening of Camp X-Ray—the first site of imprisonment, notorious for its tin-roofed open-air cages—to the recently completed permanent prison known as Camp 6, critics have called for its closure. Even President Bush has said, “I’d like to end Guantánamo. I’d like it to… return to article
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Reader Comments (26)Page 1 of 1 pagesWe need to close down the whole military base as the Cuban has been requesting since 1959, not just the prison, the whole base.
Posted by blondemike on Feb 12, 2007 at 1:29 PM Yeah....shut the place down...then use the money that’s saved to buy Hardesty a new home in Utah...or Montana....Remove this dementia prea-cox , pustulant ass from the nurturing black community that he so misguidedly denigrates.....
Isn’t it white people that are using your tax dollars for this inhumane affair.....must be a “ BLONDE WHITE POWER “ thing…
Posted by Redhorse on Feb 12, 2007 at 4:59 PM #9 - It sets an ill precedent for the next commander-in-chief who wants to circumvent constitutional limits on his or her power, which will further undermine any claim the US might ever have had as a bastion of democracy.
“We’re at war” just ain’t good enough a reason for that kind of degradation to continue. The country still has to go on, after the war is over.
If it’s ever allowed to be over…
Posted by Kuya on Feb 13, 2007 at 4:18 AM Sure Guantanamo will eventually be closed. But what about CIA extraordinary rendition? the detention facilities to be built in case of an ‘immigration emergency’ (whatever that means) whose contract was awarded to Halliburton? What about that? Closing X-Ray is nowhere near enough. In fact, focusing on shutting down Gitmo without bringing up these issues might even enable the same sort of practices to continue unabated, elsewhere.
Another problem I have is with the article is the author’s wording. Just talking about ticking bombs (#5) should remind one of Dershowitz’s justification for torture, which might be another word for abuse (#3).
Posted by TheoPapathanasis on Feb 13, 2007 at 10:30 AM “Misguidedly denigrates” ?????? We are still victims of ongoing black crime, it would not be possible to “denigrate” these criminals, just telling the truth about them is enough. And there are plenty of black criminals in the military too. Montana sounds ok, horse, too many Mormons in Utah.
Send Tex back to Iraq and let the Shia behead him. Sob, sob.
Posted by blondemike on Feb 13, 2007 at 11:34 AM The only rationale for keeping GITMO open would be to deport the 12 million Mexican illegals currently residing illegally in the USA. Ike had Operation Wetback in 1954 which sent a million Mexicans packing. Cuba might regard this as unfriendly act but we need to deport these people before Reconquista takes over.
Posted by blondemike on Feb 13, 2007 at 3:00 PM Mikey do your neighbors know your “philosophy”. I am sure they must love having such a “free thinking” racist dumbass in their neighborhood.
It would be amusing to print out your various racist screeds and hand them out to the neighbors and watch the fun begin. I agree with Malcom “ All white men are devils”.
Posted by texasindependent on Feb 13, 2007 at 3:32 PM Tex......I’m so proud....Redhorse takes back all the mean things I said about you in the past....As far as Hardesty...I’m sure many of his neighbors do know...the way this guy brags about himself....
If he is man enough( which I doubt he is )...next time he visit his sister in DC...LET ME KNOW...Redhorse would be so glad to meet you Hardesty....
Montana....hmmmmm , isn’t that where BrokeBackMountian was filmed...your kind of folks Hardesty...you got the Aryan Nation , they had the Unibomber....Oh my bad...your Aryan brothers did loss their land in that lawsuit for shooting at and attacking that local white woman....
But you could start all over again.....Dick Cheney Land
Posted by Redhorse on Feb 13, 2007 at 4:04 PM Didn’t another crazy white boy shoot up a mall....out that way Hardesty....Last year a schizo white kid shot up a Fairfax county substation...killed a couple of cops...his oh so white and responsible parents...knowing the boy was mentally ill...left all their guns laying around the home for the young mans amusement.......Those goddamn irresponsible gun toting white folks...maybe we can round them all up...and send them back to those god-awful european ghettos Dickens , Tolstoy and Dostoevsky wrote about…
Posted by Redhorse on Feb 13, 2007 at 4:18 PM TexASS, when you were a teeny beaner you asked yo’ papa to fill the small plastic kiddie pool, he took out his schlong and said No problem, little Pepito. So far we have sent several of our lovely people of coloreds neighbors to state prison and more be on de way. Their racist, criminal stupidass opinion on anything could bother me less. I do have lots of Arab and Persian friends and I just located you on the web. Goodbye, leeetle Pepito. TexASS first you diss all Arabs and Muslims, now all whites. Yo’ fellow peopled of colored black trash racist Redhorse or Blackass as he is better known in de hood endorses you. Kind of stinky company. Blackass Redhorse, what does one sensational crime by a Bosnian Muslim have to do with massive crime wave every day in Black America ? It’s not even on the charts. My 83 old yr lives in DC. I get there often, give me your address, punk. GIVE ME YO” ADDRES, PUNK SISSY. YOU brought up Montana, not me. Or can’t that peoples of coloreds brain of yours even recall that ? So how many times did you go see Bareback Mountain ? You should drawn the line at wacking off into your popcorn box though. Ok, boy, two jigs and a boo for you !
Posted by blondemike on Feb 13, 2007 at 7:02 PM Hardesty ....next time you travel to the Metro area , drop a message on this tread...be glad to meet you.....no problem....
Posted by Redhorse on Feb 14, 2007 at 4:15 AM WOW! You guys have *really* lost it. Implied threats? All whites are devils?
Maybe y’all should cut back on the caffeine, or whatever it is that you are on?
Peace to you all. Maybe y’all can find a nice warm lady and have some fun on Valentines Day? Take a day off from anger and hate. . .
Posted by wolf on Feb 14, 2007 at 9:34 AM Redhorse, WHERE ? where, punk ? WHERE ?
Now, Wolf, why would we want to do that ?
Posted by blondemike on Feb 14, 2007 at 10:44 AM BM
You and your Arab friends couldn’t find your ass with both hands and a map. I feel sorry for the good people of Oakland who are forced to deal with your white rage on a daily basis. Is it the fact that you are a minority that frightens you so?
Posted by texasindependent on Feb 14, 2007 at 1:54 PM OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH, such a wit, leeetle beaner boy...........Did the big white guys help you think of that ???? I’ve noticed in the Bay Area that Arabs and Persians (Iranians) come here and make good while your people are still peeing in the plastic kiddies pools. I was never frightened but quite angry but then I read The Bell Curve and put it all into proper persepective. You all can’t help being a-holes.
Posted by blondemike on Feb 14, 2007 at 2:38 PM Wolf...true....true....true...but a lowbrow , jughead like Hardesty is to EZ a mark, that faggot ain’t gonna do jack....trust me...And Redhorse is to smart...to catch a assualt beef over a lame faggot like Hardesty.....
The Horse don’t need no stinkin’ holiday....to be grateful for the love of a good woman or women.....but thanks for the perspective.....
Posted by Redhorse on Feb 14, 2007 at 5:15 PM Valentines Day humor....A local teacher was having a discussion about Valentines Day....One young man said..”.Tell your wife she is pretty...even if she looks like a truck.”...On another question concerning relationships, the teachjer asked...What if there was no more marriage..?.One young man stated… “ there would be a lot of children to explain “....Finally one young lady responded...” We should all try to listen better...even boys have something interesting to say...if you listen long enough “...........
Posted by Redhorse on Feb 14, 2007 at 5:27 PM Redhorse, you are weird ! Can’t make head nor tails of your two above postings...........Can you translate into english ?
Posted by blondemike on Feb 14, 2007 at 6:50 PM Personally, I can’t wait until they start having tribunals and executing these people. Then we won’t have to worry about their detention.
Posted by Hyjinx22 on Feb 15, 2007 at 12:08 AM Better yet, lets stop taking prisoners. No need for Gitmos then.
Posted by Hyjinx22 on Feb 15, 2007 at 12:09 AM See Hardesty....all that inbreed aryan redneck bullshit you rant about has spawned a mutant offsprig...Hyjinx22...I told you all those lowbrow KKK , white trash types would be drawn to your special brand of social justice.....
Now if you could just get that Broke Back Montana project going....all you downlow aryan faggots, could screw each other ad infinitum without the intervention of that god awful humanity , everybody talks about...Just a homophobic / homosexual hate-fest...Hardesty and Hyjinx22...two fascist faggots dreaming about genocide and good deciet white trash amerika.....
Posted by Redhorse on Feb 15, 2007 at 4:26 AM Hyjinx22......your parents must be so proud of the progress you are making in the area of ( anti ) social developement........so proud.....
You inbreed bastard............
Posted by Redhorse on Feb 15, 2007 at 4:44 AM Redhorse, I can’t understand your wordsalads at all. They make no sense, you make no sense. No further response is necessary.
Posted by blondemike on Feb 15, 2007 at 10:47 AM BM
Reconquista has already started. Viva la revolucion’Its a brown world Mikey deal with it.
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