Servicemen Furious at Coddling of Terrorists

WND ^ | 4/4/02 | WND

[TomServo]

American servicemen at Guantanamo Bay are so angry about the superior treatment given to the terrorist detainees that the military is sending in shrinks to try to prevent explosions of "inexplicable rage."

The al-Qaeda and Taliban fanatics at Camp X-Ray have received better treatment than the U.S. troops guarding and caring for them, despite all the whining from European and U.S. left-wingers, International Red Cross, United Nations and other blame-America-first types.

In fact, the Miami Herald reported today, the Muslim detainees:

"had two hot meals a day plus a cold lunch while the Marines and Army Military Police were eating field rations" from plastic packages.

enjoyed showers weeks earlier than the Americans, who had to make do with a garden hose.

scream at, spit on and hurl water at the servicemen, who are "working nearly nonstop."

''They did those atrocities to us, and we're treating them like royalty,'' fumed Marine Lance Cpl. Nathan Howell.

The Pentagon is suddenly concerned about its mistreatment of the servicemen. It fears they might "later explode with seemingly inexplicable rage - at their work or their families," the Herald reported.

The attempt at a solution: A special Navy psychiatric team is counseling and debriefing each of the estimated 1,000 Marines, soldiers and sailors at the compound.

''Many of them feel the detainees are being treated better than they are,'' said Cmdr. Karen Daly, a Navy psychiatrist and officer in charge of the Special Psychiatric Rapid Intervention Team, which has begun making rounds.

But our men and women in uniform are leery.

"Officially, the military culture embraces the concept of mental healthcare. But other parts of military culture teach people to button up their emotions and do their jobs," the Herald reported. "Daly said she learned since coming to the base that some Marines refer to psychiatrists as 'wizards' and caution each other, 'Never talk to a wizard.'"

[Hodar]

'Never talk to a wizard.

Given that a psychologist has NEVER healed a disturbed patient, and can do grave damage to a serviceman's career should he commit the most minor slip ... would you say anything to one? Typical small-minds mentality. ... After you reward the terrorists, make certain you torment the staff.

[NativeTxn]

How right those Marines are not to talk to a psychiatrist. They should also never tell the Chaplain about any problems they are having because the Chaplain will also report them to the Commanding Officer. I speak from experience.

[TomServo]

Apologies to all. For some reason, I had WND on the brain. This article is from NewsMax. Sheesh...

[gubamyster]

If you haven't read it yet, this is a related story about the treatment of the detainees: Guantanamo's Unhappy Campers

Also, did anyone see Charlie Daniels on Hannity & Colmes the other night? He also said the treatment these terrorists are getting is too good for them.

[pfflier]

I wonder why the Red Cross, Amnesty International et al. are not coming to the aid of our troops. Using their logic, if the treatment of the prisoners is substandard, the the treatment of the troops must be really substandard. But, I guess the RC and AI use a different, more liberal standard that only works one way.

[uncbob]

Thank you George Bush

[agarrett]

How right those Marines are not to talk to a psychiatrist. They should also never tell the Chaplain about any problems they are having because the Chaplain will also report them to the Commanding Officer. I speak from experience.

  Did the rules change since I was in? As I recall the briefing, chaplains were under confidentiality. They were not allowed to report what people told them, and couldn't tell even if they were ordered. They were still officers, and as I recall, the chaplain who briefed us on this also said if some one told him of something dangerous, he wouldn't let him leave the office until he was sure he'd report it himself, but the chaplain couldn't do so.

  Course, I got this briefing from a chaplain, so if it's wrong or biased, set me straight.

Drew Garrett

[OldFriend]

Perhaps some kind freeper can figure a way for us to send emails and support messages to our troops at Guantanamo.

[Dialup Llama]

When I was a gradual student, I got to see what the lemurs in the animal lab ate... better than what I was eating!

[Poohbah]

My experience: it would take something VERY serious for the chaplain to break confidentiality. The only incident of a chaplain running to the CO I ever heard of in the USMC involved a guy who (a) was starting to experience auditory and visual hallucinations and (b) was guarding a Special Ammunition Storage Facility.

[SAMWolf]

Ping!

[SAMWolf]

Ping! Any ideas on how to contact these Servicemen?

[Dialup Llama]

I'd like to create a flash web site. I'll call it- Beat the Sh** Out of a Camp X-ray Detainee. Should be good for a few laughs. You could hit him with a box of fruit loops.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Ping! Any ideas on how to contact these Servicemen?"

I'm getting the data now. Should be up in a few minutes.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks Tonk.

[Delta 21]

Always on Watch!!

You Da Man!

[TomServo]

When I was a gradual student

That's pretty much how I went through my school years.

Gradually. ;-)

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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[prophetic]

more 'political correctness' by 'taking the high moral ground' and bendover backwards for the world's media to see & scrutinize how we're treating the Taliban & Al Queda prisoners led to all this crap.

This strikes to the heart of the troops morale if we're really treating the dogs better than the guards.