There has been much talk of Barrack Obama’s Guantanamo problem of late. If he is to close the gulag down, what would happen to the prisoners? Some voices have expressed concern that if repatriated into their original countries, they might face torture. I have long given up being aghast at the complete lack of irony expressed by such commentators. Human beings have been unlawfully detained, denied their human rights and tortured for year after year at Guantanamo and yet we are to believe that the Dirty Empire is concerned about their well-being? If they’re so concerned, release them without delay and give them Green Cards!
Let’s bear something in mind. Despite all the concern about which prison the detainees should be “released” into, they are all innocent. Every single one of them. Yes. In case you’d forgotten, guilt has to be established and at all other times, innocence presumed. These men would be very happy to have a fair trial, but I’m not sure if they’d be mentally fit anymore for any trial.
I have an idea for that slave-to-Israel-elect, one I’m sure he’d appreciate just as much as the incumbent drunk: Why not send the detainees to your “secret rendition camps”? That’d take care of your “problem”. And it’s what you usually do.
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Well said, Shahid bhai. Isn’t it about time we refer to them as hostages?
ASAK brother. Fantastic site, and glad to have found it. However, you say, “These men would be very happy to have a fair trial, but I’m not sure if they’d be mentally fit anymore for any trial.” Yes, they have been psychologically destroyed, but the capturing and incarceration of “these men” is as sickening an occurrence as the West has (rightly) accused the former Soviets of doing. Except that no, emphatically no, they should not be tried, because they are wholly innocent, and should be released immediately. Their capture was as justifiable as going to any city in the world and randomly plucking men from the streets and imprisoning, torturing, and isolating them. Of course, the Yanks have encased each of “these men” with an elaborate story alleging their “terrorist” and “enemy combatant” status that the populace repeats with glee. With that spurious reasoning [so, what's new; this is how Yanks habitually reason], every single opponent of US aggression throughout history, whether political or military, should have been similarly incarcerated. That means, for instance, Martin Luther King, and every Cambodian and Vietnamese soldier, should have been dealt the same fate as “these men”. There is a history of vengence and retribution in the US culture and mindset (not just in the military sense, but in every day life as well; I know, I live amongst it) that is parallel with the Israeli and Jewish desire for same towards anyone that attempts to oppose them. Hey, “we have a right to f**k you over; just shut the f**k up while we do it” mentality. Brutality with accompanying impunity is the US and Israeli expectation. My son’s head teacher ran into me during the so-called first Gulf war, and in an ecstatically rejoicing tone told me how “happy she was about the war with [sic: assault on] Iraq” and what a historic day it was for Americans! This was said to me out of the blue, uttered in lieu of “hello, how are you”, and not because we had engaged in any other discussion. This celebration of slaughter from a woman; head of a supposed prestigious private school that prided itself on its educational and nuturing record with kids.
Thanks for visiting SallyX and wa `alaykum as salaam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuhu.
You’re right of course. I meant in comparison to what they’re enduring illegally, but you’re right. They should all be released.
Thank you for that welcome. I’m working my way through your entries, and they’re all wonderful to read. I agree wholeheartedly with one post in which you said, “…Britain is still the best country in the world to be a Muslim.” I (Indo-Pak Muslima) left Greater London – very reluctantly – for USA many years ago, and it has been worse than any culture shock describable. I’m in “metro Boston” and the touristy impression of New England aside, I have found it overall an odious place to be a Muslim outside the enclaves in university groups, for example. The locals, admittedly, have this awe for India and Indians, and you’ll get this hand-clasping, head-bowing “namaste” in their simpleton effort to make you feel they’re so worldly and understanding….and then you politely point out that it’s a gesture more appropriate for an Indian of Hindu belief, and that you’re Muslim. The disappointment, or revulsion, is pretty palpable (mention being Pakistani: ten times worse!), and this is from the mostly middle-class to more affluent circles I usually interact with. My experience has been, that as Muslims, we are barely, and superficially tolerated here, and that I’m on thin ice in USA continuing to wear my Muslim identity with pride after the 9-11 set-up. I have relatives in Canada, who empathise with me, so I know I’m not imagining my US experiences. I’m in amazement, therefore, at Americans like Eli who runs his left-i-on-the-news blog; another favourite. Gosh, a Yank who regards the killing of Iraqi soldiers defending their homeland to be just as tragic as civilian killings. Methinks, I’ll have to start my own blog–as antidote and an antithesis to Alistair Cooke’s Letter From America. Salaam!
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