Tuesday, 21 July 2009

Is Obama weaseling out of his commitment on Guantanamo?

As we hear yet more news items suggesting that Barack Obama's declared intention to close that obscenity, the Guantanamo Prison, by 2010, may be delayed, and with still no mention of reparations for the innocent victims who were banged up there or tortured in other countries as part of the same systematic terrorist scheme, less still of any prosecution of those grunts who carried out the tortures, and their superiors (up to G W Bush and his wee pal Tony) who told them to do it, this short film made by the BBC is worth a look.
[unspeak alert:] Note that even here, the 'impartial' BBC voice-over refers to "dangerous detainees" as being a greater problem when it comes to deciding how to set them free. As if untried, uncharged citizens abducted at random may be in any way described as dangerous. If ever there were a prime example of begging the question, this is it.

A former prosecutor, a true believer, wised up fast when he saw Guantanamo for himself:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/7762430.stm

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