Sheehan Dismisses Appeal From Cuban Dissidents' Wives

The New York Sun ^ | January 10, 2007 | SARAH GARLAND

[TBP]

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is ignoring an appeal by wives and mothers of imprisoned Cuban political dissidents for her to visit Cuban prisons during her trip this week to protest the treatment of suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay.

The Damas de Blanco, or Ladies in White, who march silently through the streets of Havana every Sunday in protest at the incarceration of political prisoners of the Castro regime, wrote a letter to Ms. Sheehan inviting her to visit Cuban prisons.

Full article at http://www.nysun.com/article/46377

[TBP]

So the leader of the trip is Medea Benjamin of Code Pink, which gave thousands of dollars to the terrorists in Fallujah, and they are so concerned about human rights that they can protest the detention of terrorists, but can't be bothered about the Cuban political prisoners who are being treated in a way that makes the worst that happens at Gitmo look like a country club.

And are Americans supposed to be in Cuba anyway?

[BigSkyFreeper]

And are Americans supposed to be in Cuba anyway?

Only the ones who hate Bush and are devoted anti-American clowns.

[prophetic]

can't be bothered about the Cuban political prisoners who are being treated in a way that makes the worst that happens at Gitmo look like a country club.

Well fyi Gitmo IS a country club disguised as a prison!

Please let me know of ANY prison in the world where the inmates are so pampered even to the extent that several has actually GAINED WEIGHT (up to 50 pounds) during their incarceration PLUS having all the luxuries our Gitmo affords.

The 'tourists' at Camp Gitmo eats much better than our US Troops guarding them!!

[blondee123]

She should be banished from the U.S. and left in Cuba, maybe in one of their prisons!!!!

She is only out for her own agenda, which is "The Travels of a Mad Woman" and could care less about anyone else's problems!

[CottShop]

let's hope she becomes a political prisoner-

[Dallas59]

Shows ya which side she's on. Biatch.

[james500]

In 2005, Amnesty International stated that “the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay has become the gulag of our times.”


Religious freedom, a full belly, and lazing around in a Cuba's mild climate does not sound much like what I've read about the conditions in the real gulags.

[denydenydeny]

And are Americans supposed to be in Cuba anyway?

I'm generalizing, but the only people who go to Cuba are Communists and pedophiles.

According to dissidents, Cuba is just about the only country in the world where you can enjoy an 11-year old boy or girl with absolutely no worries about interference from the authorities.

[pyx]

the worst that happens at Gitmo

I acknowledge your sentiments, IMO your analogy is incorrect. The worst that happens (present tense) at Gitmo is within acceptable norms for incarceration of terrorists.

[at bay]

But why do we hand them the Koran while wearing white gloves instead of having it printed on their toilet paper?

[pyx]

But why do we hand them the Koran while wearing white gloves instead of having it printed on their toilet paper?

[Pyx points to the highest point in the center of Big Green Monster in centerfield] Because, we're BETTER than them.