Fo what it done to mah peepul... --- Joel Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why you hate America? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mike Laborde > Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 2:31 PM > To: RollTideFan - University of Alabama Athletics > Discussion List > Subject: [RollTideFan] FPM: What I saw at Gitmo > [non-Bama] > > > Awesome article! > > > > >> > http://www.frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=18572 > >> > >> > >> What I Saw at Gitmo > >> By Lt. Col. Gordon Cucullu > >> FrontPageMagazine.com | June 27, 2005 > >> > >> Last week, I was privileged to be part of a > Department of Defense > >> trip to the Joint Task Force - Guantanamo Bay, > Cuba. I got to see > >> the operations of this "controversial" facility > up-close - > >> something particularly important after Sen. > Richard Durbin's > >> comparison of its guard to Nazi stormtroopers and > calls of > >> leftists to shut the center down. Our group went > to GITMO to > >> check out tales that the military was being too > tough on these > >> terrorist detainees. We left convinced that > America is being > >> extraordinarily lenient - far too lenient. > >> > >> After speaking with soldiers, sailors, and > civilians who > >> collectively staff Gitmo, I left convinced that > abuse definitely > >> exists at the detention facilities, and it > typically fails to > >> receive the press attention it deserves: it's the > relentless, > >> merciless attacks on American servicemen and > women by these > >> terrorist thugs. Many of the orange jumpsuit-clad > detainees fight > >> their captors at every opportunity, openly > bragging of their > >> desire to kill Americans. One has promised that, > if released, he > >> would find MPs in their homes through the > internet, break into > >> their houses at night, and "cut the throats of > them and their > >> families like sheep." Others claim authority and > vindication to > >> kill women, children, and other innocents who > oppose their > >> jihadist mission authorized by the Koran (the > same one that hangs > >> in every cell from a specially-designed holder > intended to > >> protect it from a touching the cell floor - all > provided at U.S. > >> taxpayer expense). One detainee was heard to tell > another: "One > >> day I will enjoy sucking American blood, although > their blood is > >> bitter, undrinkable...." These recalcitrant > detainees are known > >> euphemistically as being "non-compliant." They > attack guards > >> whenever the soldiers enter their cells, trying > to reach up under > >> protective facemasks to gouge eyes and tear > mouths. They make > >> weapons and try to stab the guards or grab and > break limbs as the > >> guards pass them food. > >> > >> > >> We dined with the soldiers, toured several of the > individual > >> holding camps, observed interrogations, and > inspected cells. We > >> were impressed by the universally high quality of > the cadre and > >> the facilities. While it may not be exactly "Club > GITMO," as Rush > >> Limbaugh uses to tweak the hard-Left critics who > haven't a clue > >> about reality here, GITMO is a far cry from the > harshness > >> experienced even by maximum security prisoners in > the U.S. > >> > >> > >> Meals for detainees are ample: we lunched on what > several thought > >> was an accumulated single day's ration for > detainees. "No," the > >> contract food service manager said with a laugh, > "what you're > >> looking at there is today's lunch. A single meal. > They get three > >> a day like that." The vegetables, pita bread, and > other well- > >> prepared food filled two of the large Styrofoam > take-home > >> containers we see in restaurants. Several > prisoners have special > >> meal orders like "no tomatoes" or "no peanut > products" depending > >> on taste or allergies. "One prisoner," General > Hood said, "throws > >> back his food tray if it contains things he has > specifically said > >> he doesn't want." How is he punished for this > outrageous > >> behavior? His tray is numbered, the food he > requested is put on > >> it, and the corrected "order" is delivered to his > cell. > >> > >> > >> The detainees are similarly catered to medically. > Almost every > >> one arrived at GITMO with some sort of > battlefield trauma. After > >> all, the majority were captured in combat. Today > they are > >> healthy, immunized, and well cared for. At a > visit to the modern > >> hospital facility - dedicated solely to the > detainees and > >> comparable to a well-equipped and staffed > small-town hospital > >> with operating, dental, routine facilities - the > doctor in charge > >> confirmed that the caloric count for the > detainees was so high > >> that while "most detainees arrived > undernourished," medics now > >> watch for issues stemming from high cholesterol > and being > >> overweight. Each of approximately 520 terrorists > currently held > >> in confinement averages about four medical visits > monthly, > >> something one would expect from only a dedicated > American > >> hypochondriac. Welcome to the rigors of detention > under American > >> supervision. > >> > >> > >> Of the estimated 70,000 battlefield captures that > were made in > >> Afghanistan, only a tiny percentage, something on > the order of > >> 800-plus, were eventually evacuated to GITMO. > These were the > >> worst of the worst. More than 200 have been > released back to > >> their home country - if the U.S. is assured that > the detainees > >> would not be tortured by local authorities upon > return. These men > >> were freed because they were deemed by ongoing > official military > >> review processes to no longer pose a threat, or > to possess no > >> useful intelligence. And this process has proven > too generous at > >> times: more than 10 released GITMO detainees have > been killed or > >> recaptured fighting Americans or have been > identified as resuming > >> terrorist activities. Still, the process is up > and running for > >> review of cases, and if a Washington DC circuit > court approves a > >> government appeal, the system for military > tribunals will get > >> started. All mechanisms are in place and ready to > go as soon as > >> DoD gets a green light. > >> > >> > >> There is a good reason these unlawful combatants > are being > >> confined. They are evil and dangerous > individuals. === message truncated === ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net
