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markpkessinger

(8,381 posts)
Tue May 7, 2013, 05:54 AM May 2013

C&L: 'Humane' Force-feeding Begins At Guantanamo Bay

As an American and as a Democrat, I am profoundly ashamed of our country, our party and our President over this issue.

[font size=2 color="gray"]May 06, 2013 02:00 PM[/font]
[font size=4]'Humane' Force-feeding Begins At Guantanamo Bay[/font]
[font color="red"]By Susie Madrak [/font]

I remind you that at least half of the inmates are innocent of any wrongdoing (Afghan warlords turned random people in for the reward money). The wingnuts insist that because some of the men previously released joined al Qaeda to seek revenge, we can't let anyone go! And we can't try the valid cases in U.S. courts because so much evidence has been compromised by torture and would be inadmissible, anyway. Oops!

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Twice a day, the 23 most weak are taken into a room. Their wrists, arms, stomach, legs and head are strapped to a chair and repeated attempts are made to force a tube down their noses into their stomachs. It is an ugly procedure as they gag and wretch, blood dripping from their nostrils.


According to international standards,prisoners are entitled to refuse food and drink. But President Obama has ordered the force-feeding.

Without any decisive action or announced intent to change the situation that has driven the prisoners to this point, that order strikes me as highly unethical.



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C&L: 'Humane' Force-feeding Begins At Guantanamo Bay (Original Post) markpkessinger May 2013 OP
Makes me think of this comic posted yesterday on this forum Victor_c3 May 2013 #1
A lot closer to the truth than I wish it were! n/6 markpkessinger May 2013 #2
This is when JustAnotherGen May 2013 #3
+1! n/t markpkessinger May 2013 #4

JustAnotherGen

(31,683 posts)
3. This is when
Tue May 7, 2013, 06:26 AM
May 2013

We show the world who we really are. Shame on us for holding the innocent, shame on us for not giving these men a day in international court, shame, shame, shame on us.

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