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Not so bad Gitmo
National Review Online ^ | May 27, 2005 | Deroy Murdock

Posted on 06/05/2005 7:14:21 PM PDT by angelr1076

Here's a good article for those of you who don't visit NRO that was posted last week by one of my favorite writers.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cuba; detainees; gitmo; guantanamo; guantanamobay; koran

1 posted on 06/05/2005 7:14:22 PM PDT by angelr1076
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To: angelr1076

I'll bet they purposely make Gitmo controversial. Keeps the whiners distracted from real operations.


2 posted on 06/05/2005 7:17:00 PM PDT by SteveMcKing
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“Americans are very kind people,” one English-challenged detainee said in the March 4 paper. “If people say there is mistreatment in Cuba with the detainees, those type speaking are wrong, they treat us like a Muslim not a detainee.”

“I’m in good health and have good facilities of eating, drinking, living, and playing,” remarked another. “The food is good, the bedrooms are clean and the health care is very good.”

Hell of a lot better than what I would have provided!


3 posted on 06/05/2005 7:18:25 PM PDT by ryan71 (Speak softly and carry a BIG STICK)
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Seems like the only good health care in Cuba is at an AMERICAN military base.


4 posted on 06/05/2005 7:20:00 PM PDT by angelr1076
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“I will arrange for the kidnapping and execution of US citizens living in Saudi Arabia,” one detainee threatened, if freed. “They will have their heads cut off.”

I hope they recorded that on video so we can return him to Saudi Arabia with the question: "What will you do to this man if we return him to you?" AS far as I see it, it would be best to take him for a ride in a C-130 over the Atlantic, and drop him off somewhere near where Rep.Major Owens says the hungry sharks are waiting to be fed.


5 posted on 06/05/2005 7:26:36 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (FR ID'S ARE ON GOOGLE WITH YOUR POSTS. BEWARE WHAT YOU SAY, HILLARY IS WATCHING.)
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Good article.I'll bet a lot of these detainees in Gitmo would be dead by now if they hadn't been captured.Good food,lots of rec time,books......???


6 posted on 06/05/2005 7:31:00 PM PDT by thombo
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To: angelr1076

Good article, thanks for posting. I like the author, too.

Loved the last line in the article, too.


7 posted on 06/05/2005 7:33:26 PM PDT by Theresawithanh (I never sweat the petty things, and I never pet the sweaty things.)
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To: angelr1076

Just found this. Lots of pics. http://www.ozarkwarriors.com/frame_pages/cuba.htm


8 posted on 06/05/2005 7:47:35 PM PDT by mirkwood (close OUR borders)
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To: ryan71

Me too, but I would cheerfully provide a bullet.


9 posted on 06/05/2005 8:00:24 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: SteveMcKing

I'll bet they purposely make Gitmo controversial. Keeps the whiners distracted from real operations.
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Maybe so, but I don't see why the press would buy it. Clearly the people who quoted in this article from places like the red cross are so ignorant they think German POW and concentration camps were the same thing. On the other hand thinking people know these camps are being generously run.


10 posted on 06/05/2005 8:07:36 PM PDT by JLS
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Yeah, I think Deroy Murdock's a great writer that actually uses facts to argue his points. You can check his archive on NRO too if you guys are interested; he's written some great stuff.


11 posted on 06/06/2005 9:32:11 AM PDT by angelr1076
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