Hayes: Guantanamo conditions significantly better than have to be

[sabra]

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Hayes: Guantanamo conditions significantly better than have to be


By TIM WHITMIRE
Associated Press Writer

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Returning from a one-day visit to the military prison in Cuba where suspected terrorists are being held, U.S. Rep. Robin Hayes said Monday that complaints about abuse at the prison are the work of people determined to "blame America first."

The Republican congressman from Concord said his Eighth Congressional District constituents would probably be upset if they saw how well the detainees at Guantanamo live.

"The most astounding thing to me was how nice the prisoners are being treated," Hayes told reporters during a news conference on the campus of Central Piedmont Community College." These folks are getting privileges that a prisoner of war under the terms of the Geneva Convention would not get."

Hayes was part of a delegation of 16 House members _ many of them members of the Armed Services Committee _ who went to Cuba on Saturday for a firsthand look at the prison at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.

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[Gothmog]

1. This guy is an idiot

The latest Repug talking point must be that Guantanamo is really a nice vacation facility.

[bemildred]

6. Lick-spittle Parrot. nt

[Occulus]

10. Cheney said something about "living in the tropics" a couple days ago

Saw it on a crawl. I thought to myself, "Whatta prick."

[sniffa]

2. they get chicken - what more do they want?

and besides, a good 10% of the prisoners actuaLLy beLong there and deserve torture.

[meganmonkey]

3. The most astounding thing to me is how persecuted Republicans manage

to sound -

"...the work of people determined to "blame America first." "

Gimme a fucking break, dude. The only people I see hating anything are the chickenhawk warmongers and haters of democracy who think it is okay to hold people WITHOUT CHARGES indefinitely.

We LOVE America and that is why we are working so damn hard to get it back on track.

:patriot:

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Ciongressman stay a month and enjoy ALL the ammenities

then we can talk....

Oh and let me say it now, how NAZI of you... the NAZI regime used the same trick... I see you have been readying your talking points

[truth2power]

18. Thanks, nadin. Time we called these people

on doing just what the Nazis did. Brain-dead tool, he is. :puke:

[atommom]

5. I'm not sure what he expects us to make of those statements.

His group went for a carefully controlled tour of the prison. Of course they didn't see torture while they were there. Everyone was on his/her best behavior. To extrapolate from that and say that those prisoners are being treated better than they would under the Geneva Conventions is ridiculous.

[Spazito]

7. Hmmm, sounds almost

THERESIENSTADT-esque, I am sure it is just a coincidence though.

[youspeakmylanguage]

8. Robin Hayes is just another repug clone...

He tried to run for NC Governor years ago as a extreme fundie loon and lost resoundingly. Now he represents a district with part of Charlotte included. Unfortunately the people there keep re-electing him even though he voted to send textile jobs overseas. The fundie repugs in NC are just as ignorant, if not more so, than anywhere else.

EDIT: F***! The SOB is the representative of my district!

I voted a straight Dem ticket, so at least I tried to run him out of office...

[gratuitous]

9. Please get it right, Mr. Hayes

I don't blame America first; I blame Republicans first, last and always. The obscenity that is the Guantanamo gulag is from beginning to end a Republican operation, founded, maintained and continued only through the auspices of a morally bankrupt political party bent on achieving the chimera of world domination through indiscriminate military force, deceit and subterfuge.

But I personally will advocate that you be served a nice chicken dinner before the people you've victimized line you up against a wall for summary execution. I know that will be a great comfort to you.

[jobycom]

11. Clears it up for me. I always believe Republicans because they

have such a strong record of telling the truth and of never fixing evidence to get their way.

[LynnTheDem]

12. Never mind the 26 murdered detainees. And forget the chained from

ceiling legs beaten to mush.

And forget 4 years without even being charged.

God Bless America RAH RAH RAH.

[BattyDem]

13. "Those other gulags are soooo low-class!"

:eyes:

[Say_What]

14. "...how nice the prisoners are being treated..."

this guy's a lying sack of shit...

[notadmblnd]

15. yeah well, If I'm expecting company......

I clean my house too.

[Roland99]

16. Of course conditions are swell when one's on a guided tour.

Fucking moran!

[Say_What]

20. Theresienstadt comes to mind... a concentration camp meant to

show how well the Jews lived under the "benevolent" protection of the Third Reich.

Problem is, there are many secret Gitmos around the planet.

[catnhatnh]

17. And finishes his rant with....

"To do anything less than completing the mission would be a terrible disservice to those who have died".Welcome to PNAV (Plan for a New American Vietnam)......

[VegasWolf]

19. This idiot congressman was shown exactly what he wanted to see -

no more no less.

[mom cat]

21. Gosh! He didn't see anyone urinate on the Koran. What a surprise!

[SoCalDem]

22. They "dressed the pig up in a ballgown & heels"..no surprise here

Do our representatives really think that we are that gullible? Are THEY?? If so, they are dangerous:(

[struggle4progress]

23. Get down naked on all fours and bark like a dog for us , Robin.

And spend a night lying in your own excrement.

Then we'll talk.

[Disturbed]

25. Gitmo was a Haliburton Contract when..

Cheney was CEO?

[struggle4progress]

26. Not exactly. A contract from that era was provided "re-interpretation."

[EFerrari]

24. Who's blaming America? I blame the Dim Son. n/t

[habitual]

27. Has ANY media mentioned

that this sideshow is completely worthless?? Since when do we accept that there is no problem because the people supposedly responsible have prepared for and given a closely guarded "tour" of the problem.

So if I understand correctly:

-Major abuses and torture happen at Gitmo systematically.
-News of it begins to flood the mainstream media.
-Government decides to give select few in congress a controlled tour of Gitmo
-They go and don't see any torture or abuse while they are there, and are shown how nice the conditions are for the prisoners.
-They are placated and come and tell us how nice things are there, not to worry.

FUCK THEM. I hate when people think that we are soooo stupid that we can't put 1+1=2 together.

Well, the senators went there and didn't see any abuse huh?? NO SHIT!

I haven't heard one anchor ask if this is supposed to prove anything and what the real WORTH of this trip is?

Am i REALLY supposed to believe that all is OK there now.?

GRRRRRRRRRR

[lumpy]

28. Don't forget the civil abuse of being held

without charges, legal representation, incommunicato.