Mervyn, People who live in a world of their own do not go around supporting the liberation of oppressed people in other lands.
I'm afraid that it is you Canucks who live in a dream world and could care less about anyone else, regardless of whether they are oppressed or not. Even if you cared, what would you do any more, now that your government has reduced your security forces to military impotence. The Canusks only show up as "peacekeepers" after all the heavy work has been done by others. Thomas Friedman is a columnist who wants the US to shut down Gitmo on the grounds that the al Qaeda jihadis being held there are complaining that their guards are being rude to them, and flushing their Qurans down the toilets. Apparently Friedman has done a scientific analysis that shows that more Americans will die if we keep Gitmo open than if we shut it down. These are the kinds of suicidal prisoners who will gladly die in their attempts to kill their captors. This is on par with Friedman's other scientific analysis that showed that more Americans will die if we retaliate against al Qaeda, because retaliation will further "inflame" them, than if we sit back and turn the other cheek. I'm not sure how you "further inflame" someone already sworn to kill you. Being "further inflamed", will they now shoot you twice instead of just once? I would also like Thomas Friedman to try a scientific experiment and flush a Quran through HIS toilet and see what happens. In the real world, the prisoners at Gitmo do not have the protection of the Geneva Convention but are treated humanely nevertheless, and when there are serious charges that can be substantiated, not what some columnist opines based on what our enemies "think" is happening, the perpetrators are brought to justice. --- Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dude(s), > You live in a world of your own. To find out whats happening in the real world, try reading what your fellow American has to say on torture and interrogation. I am not sure if you will recognize the name of the journalist.
