Suicide and Spin Doctors

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  Once again, evidence has been presented with regard to the inhumane treatment of “prisoners” by the US Military.  That this policy is approved by the President and Vice President and yet impeachment is still “off the table” is reprehensible and appalling.  It seems that the military historians have researched what went on at Andersonville Prison during the Civil War.  It was a subtle, yet effective way of reducing the prison population by way of death—they created hope, then destroyed it, repeatedly and the men died of broken bodies and broken hearts.  Many of the Gitmo “detainees” are innocent men and yet there has been no national outcry about what we are becoming as a nation, as a people.

  Support the impeachment of Cheney and Bush—it is probably the only potentially effective tool available for changing the course of the Nation.  The elections will be too late.

  Herb H.

  Posted by herbmila on Oct 23, 2007 at 2:09 PM

  I find it hard to believe that this is happening again and again: from “noble&Nobel;” physicists in WW2, from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, from Cuba, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Korea, to Iraq 1&2, to Afghanistan, to story-tales about Al-Kaida’s might, to history repeating from attacking our old friend Saddam and our once friendly country and its people (Iraq), to attacking our old enemies and our old friends, our old buyers of chemical, biological and normal weapons - Iran (remember “Iran-Contra”, when we were selling chemical agens to Iraq and helped them build chemical weapons, but at the same time we were selling guns to Iran, too, and with that money we were funding OUR OWN TERRORISTS in Latin America, our neighbourhood? Remember that?)

  So I must say I really find it hard to believe that this is happening and that no one is responsible. In Guantanamo “prisons”, like in many other “prisons” and many other dirty “CIA wars” and “USA interventions”, innocent people - like you and me, people with families, friends, people with their lives… are losing lives, loosing families, loosing everything, so that imaginary American Empire and Rich Elite of America can stay in power for a decade more, a century longer, a million or a billion dollars more…

  We went to war because Saddam was a bad guy. He was a good guy actually, but one day we realized he was no more. Than we assumed they wanted to build what we already had in large quantity - in tens of thousands, THE BOMB. Atom bomb. Yup, we have that sh*t in thousands, WE EVEN TRIED IT a couple of times ON REAL PEOPLE. We assumed that it would be bad idea to let our friend Saddam have A-bomb, and perhaps H-bomb few years or a decade later (Hydrogen bomb - also a part of WHAT WE ALREADY OWN, and we were aware of the fact that Saddam knows too much about us, and, finally, they were sitting atop the planet’s third largest reserves of petroleum. Why not - we will bomb them a little. Besides, we might even earn ourselves a few bucks: I will sell weapons, you will produce it, he will sell food to our army, she will…

  “Detainees” in Guantanamo are people that should be faced with fair trial - like every man on Earth, or set free.

  All Americans - whether voted for this or that oarty - should be held responsible for each and every act of terrorism their country, their county’s army or their countr’ys secret/intelligence services do in any part of the world. Why should anyone feel free to live in a country that violates almost each and every international law and human right, and to again and again vote for Reagans, Bushs, Clintons, etc.? Why would it be normal not to do anything when my country does terrible things in my name? Why is that considered normal in USA? And not normal to talk about it and to DO SOMETHING about it? ... Ah, yes: The Media, fat people, McDonald’s and Burger Kings, celebrities, cheap fuel, “American freedom”, “American way of life”... Yes, we want petrol to stay cheap, we want no one else to have disastrous nuclear weapons and all other sorts of weapons of mass destruction(s), we want to have control over the world… and our Media will explain to our average Bob that it is all because of Freedom, our precious Freedom.

  Gee, how stupid people must be to believe such crap.

  And if you would ask them where and who invented the game called “CHESS”, I bet no one would ever think of Iraq…

  I guess we all would be concerned if one fo our guys was treated this Gtmo way; he would have all prime times for his story, so that we all hear, se, and know how evil the enemy is. However, we don’t give a dime about people in Guantanamo, because we “assume” they are guilty. ...So they don’t need trials, they are guilty and should serve as an example to others (i.e. to potential terrorists).

  Posted by koja on Oct 23, 2007 at 3:35 PM

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  I guess one day in near future some people, somewhere, will start abducting us so that we can see, first hand, how Guantano looked like. Only these kidnaping swill take place in Latin America, in Asia, in Europe, in Australia, and even in our dear US. Just wait and see… In a few years, not more. Why? Because ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!! If we don’t change our political and military system that attacks random countries, we should expect that the war comes back to us.

  People, please, download any TORRENT program, like uTorrent (that one is the smallest), and start downloading documentaries. You will find many here: http://www.torrent-finder.com/
  ...and here: http://www.mvgroup.org/ (free membership, documentaries only)

  We should all realize Guantanamo is one of many injustices our political system and our “American way of life” produced. We should all do something about it, not just talk to each other - because we already know, but talk to OTHERS, talk to Senate, talk to Congress, talk to President…

  I feel sorrow for the destiny of those people in Guantanamo is sad. I guess not many of them will be alive in a year or two, and even if they will be ... what’s the point when they are tortured day after day? Imagine it was you in their place…

  Posted by koja on Oct 23, 2007 at 3:36 PM

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