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oldandhappy

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3. I hope we are not supposed to be surprised.

Reply to DeSwiss (Original post)

Sun Jan 18, 2015, 12:39 AM

Jan 2015

These guards were working in isolated conditions, stressed out, angry themselves, away from home -- I cannot think of one thing that may have been there for the guards to help keep them balanced. The guards were prisoners of the system.

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Former Guantanamo guard reveals colleagues murdered 3 inmates [View all] DeSwiss Jan 2015 OP

No words lunasun Jan 2015 #1

k&r ND-Dem Jan 2015 #2

I hope we are not supposed to be surprised. oldandhappy Jan 2015 #3

''we are all prisoners of the system.'' DeSwiss Jan 2015 #4

Don't be so sanctimonious!!! blkmusclmachine Jan 2015 #5

Justifications for torture and other 9/11 atrocities as NSA job interview responses: DeSwiss Jan 2015 #7

Did you see... ReRe Jan 2015 #6

No, I hadn't seen that yet. DeSwiss Jan 2015 #11

This has bothered me since the get go libodem Jan 2015 #8

Why the **** do you prefer news videos from totalitarian regimes opposed to the USA? uhnope Jan 2015 #9

*crickets* uhnope Jan 2015 #10