I dunno. Might have something to do with the stuff about not letting people sleep, telling them that they need to be trained like a dog before they can be around humans, "aggressive" interrogation techniques, lack of access to family memebers and to legal help...
On 9/17/08, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 4:29 PM, denstar wrote: >>> But that's exactly the problem I was referring to. Americans throw >>> around words like "haul me off to Gitmo", and then people in other >>> countries read that stuff and take it seriously, which goes a long way >>> to explaining why people in other countries have such an f-ed up view >>> of the United States. >> >> The disconnect, at times, is incredible. Simply incredible. > > You're right, the disconnect between reality and what people around > the world believe is breathtaking. Why is it that Gitmo is regarded > as something akin to a concentration camp? Someone please explain what > actual events at Gitmo would have given it the reputation it has. > > Here's my take. Gitmo is a bogey man of the Left - part of the > justification for its "Hate America" stance. People around the world > see what has been, in effect, a six year propaganda campaign by the > Left against America (the US government, which is what people really > mean in this context when they talk about America), and they wonder if > all the bad things they hear are true. > > Perception is reality, right? So why does the Left (and I'm not > talking about you, Maureen) continue to drive the perception that > Gitmo is a den of horrors? The answer goes back to why we are debating > this election - it is a partisan political maneuver designed to put > America in as bad a light as possible overseas, to put pressure on the > President to change policy. Well, they have changed the policy, but > they have managed to put America in as bad a light as possible. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:269813 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
