Sessions: Gitmo detainees lucky they have "tropical breezes"

[Enrique]

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/14/tropical-breezes/#comments

Yesterday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) defended the detention of prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay military facility, calling it a “logical site.” “They wouldn’t be treated any better in the United States, and they wouldn’t have the tropical breezes blowing through,” said Sessions. Conservatives have consistently tried to claim that the institution is a wonderful place to stay, even though former detainee Mustafa Ait Idir has said of his experience there: “For almost seven years, I was at the end of the world, at the worst place in the world. … It would have been hard even if I had done something wrong (but) it is much harder if one is totally innocent.”

[Fresh_Start]

1. GItmo, the Club Med of detention centers

are they going to tell us about the great food, drinks and recreational activities next?

[imdjh]

3. They do have tiki bars and pontoon boats and pools and stuff. Seriously.

Probably not for prisoners though. Just guessing.

[Fresh_Start]

4. probably not

of course, if the Muslim is pure and doesn't drink alcohol, maybe being forced to drink a tropical drink with an umbrella would be devastating to their mental equilibrium

[Enrique]

7. they name the interrogations after tropical drinks

lightens the mood a little for the guests.

[mikelgb]

6. Oh you missed that? VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1N_dqGzLGY

[imdjh]

2. My dad thought it was a nice place. Of course, he wasn't staying in a jail cell.

Seriously, he would go there on business and come back telling of it being practically resortlike.

[stopbush]

5. They said the same thing about Devil's Island...

[gratuitous]

8. So as you pass your 11th hour in a stress position

Blood running down your arms from your wrists shackled over your head, remember prisoner, there's a nice tropical breeze blowing, assisted by the idiot wind emanating from the Senator from Alabama. Hum a few bars of "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes," and everything will be as right as rain!