There is a really interesting interview on HughHewitt.com with a Gauntanamo veteran, testifying to the stellar conditions and humane treatment of prisoners at this location. It’s a must read.
If you haven’t been paying attention, or worse, you’ve been reading the Star Tribune’s absurd propaganda, here’s what all the fuss is about. Hugh Hewitt summarized it this way:
Durbin said the practices at Gitmo were like the practices at Abu Ghraib which are like the practices at detention centers around the world which are like the practices of Nazis/Stalinist/Pol Pot. (Link)
The problem is that Dick Durbin is wrong on every count. Gitmo is not like Abu Ghraib, which was an anomaly and is in turn not typical of US detention policies, and the US detention centers do not resemble the Nazi Holocaust, Stalin’s Gulag’s, or the Khmer Rouge. The whole contention that there is a relation between Guantanamo and the horrors of the afore mentioned dictatorships is ludicrous… but try telling that to a wild-eyed Bush-hating zealot.
Powerline blog posts a great letter to the Star Trib from one Lt. Col. Joe Repya, who is currently serving in Iraq.
Michelle Malkin offered an update of all things Durbin on Monday. As well, if you’re interested in how the touted modern-day successors of the Gulag/Holocaust/Khmer Rouge victims are fed, she posted about the Gitmo Cookbook, actual recipes fed to the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay: “Baked Tandouri Chicken Breast, Mustard-Dill Baked Fish, Lyonnaise Rice, and Fish Amandine are just a few of the recipes you’ll find in the Gitmo Cookbook.“.
