Warning, political content ahead. The American head of Guantanamo Bay has been reported as saying how David Hicks is arrogant. My reaction, vented on another website, before I thought of bringing it here, is as follows -
So much I want to say on this topic, I don't know where to start. Or, at least, where to start coherently.
Every day that the Guantanamo Bay complex is left open, every day the Abu Ghraib abuse story goes on without anyone saying sorry, let alone taking responsibility, is another day that the West's self image of being on the right side of right and wrong takes another hit.
It is absolutely disgraceful that the United States can just lock people up and throw away the key without evidence. When Iran, Myanmar, North Korea and the other tyrannies do this, Western nations are supposed to complain, but any moral supremacy we in the 'civilised world' just seeps away in the face of what is happening.
Not only the United States Administration for locking the alleged terrorists up at Gitmo deserve a glassing, but also the Australian government for being so craven in ceding authority to Washington. The Brits pressed the Americans to send all their Gitmo detainees home, the Germans have allowed that guy that got illegally rendered from Macedonia to Egypt to Iraq to Afghanistan the run of the media over there...
What does Australia do? It enacts some tough anti terrorism and sedition laws earlier this year, but consistently says it can't make the laws retroactive to make David Hicks eligible for criminal detention in Australia. Just gives me a sense of Pontus Pilate washing his hands of the whole affair...
Sure, David Hicks may have fought against American and Australian troops in Afghanistan. Sure, he may have converted to some ultra orthodox kill the infidels version of Islam. Sure, he may be a traitorous prick - but give him a trial, don't drag it on for so fucking long. Even if the verdict is preordained, like at Nuremburg or what is going to happen to Saddam.
When Gitmo was opened to Global War on Terror 'visitors', we were assured that only the worst of the worst would be sent there. And all it turns out to be are the foot soldiers. Another load of bull brought to you by George, Dick and Don. Even the Pakistani and Afghan governments seem to have gotten most of their Gitmo people out.
Every day that the Gitmo facility stays open, and the Iraqi occupation continues, the nutter Islamists must be rubbing their hands with glee - the perfect recruiting tools, as it were.
Oh, and how many weapons would the AWB payments have bought for the Iraqi regime before March 2003? That would have been a whole lot more than one guy, even with a rocket launcher. And don't give me the bull about the buck stopping with the private company, the government knew - or it should have known, and incompetency is perhaps worse.
But let's all watch Big Brother and Dancing With The Stars, leave all the heavy lifting of actual thinking to those strange people who have no friends and no life. Just the way the government AND media tries to portray anyone who questions things deeply.
Sunrise or Today, Today Tonight or ACA cutting edge media? Yeah right
So much I want to say on this topic, I don't know where to start. Or, at least, where to start coherently.
Every day that the Guantanamo Bay complex is left open, every day the Abu Ghraib abuse story goes on without anyone saying sorry, let alone taking responsibility, is another day that the West's self image of being on the right side of right and wrong takes another hit.
It is absolutely disgraceful that the United States can just lock people up and throw away the key without evidence. When Iran, Myanmar, North Korea and the other tyrannies do this, Western nations are supposed to complain, but any moral supremacy we in the 'civilised world' just seeps away in the face of what is happening.
Not only the United States Administration for locking the alleged terrorists up at Gitmo deserve a glassing, but also the Australian government for being so craven in ceding authority to Washington. The Brits pressed the Americans to send all their Gitmo detainees home, the Germans have allowed that guy that got illegally rendered from Macedonia to Egypt to Iraq to Afghanistan the run of the media over there...
What does Australia do? It enacts some tough anti terrorism and sedition laws earlier this year, but consistently says it can't make the laws retroactive to make David Hicks eligible for criminal detention in Australia. Just gives me a sense of Pontus Pilate washing his hands of the whole affair...
Sure, David Hicks may have fought against American and Australian troops in Afghanistan. Sure, he may have converted to some ultra orthodox kill the infidels version of Islam. Sure, he may be a traitorous prick - but give him a trial, don't drag it on for so fucking long. Even if the verdict is preordained, like at Nuremburg or what is going to happen to Saddam.
When Gitmo was opened to Global War on Terror 'visitors', we were assured that only the worst of the worst would be sent there. And all it turns out to be are the foot soldiers. Another load of bull brought to you by George, Dick and Don. Even the Pakistani and Afghan governments seem to have gotten most of their Gitmo people out.
Every day that the Gitmo facility stays open, and the Iraqi occupation continues, the nutter Islamists must be rubbing their hands with glee - the perfect recruiting tools, as it were.
Oh, and how many weapons would the AWB payments have bought for the Iraqi regime before March 2003? That would have been a whole lot more than one guy, even with a rocket launcher. And don't give me the bull about the buck stopping with the private company, the government knew - or it should have known, and incompetency is perhaps worse.
But let's all watch Big Brother and Dancing With The Stars, leave all the heavy lifting of actual thinking to those strange people who have no friends and no life. Just the way the government AND media tries to portray anyone who questions things deeply.
Sunrise or Today, Today Tonight or ACA cutting edge media? Yeah right
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