>" the air conditioner had been turned off, making the temperature in the unventilated room well over 100 degrees..."
Geez. My employer (a community college) in the San Fernando Valley (southern CA) only recently installed A/C. For years, I brought a thermometer to class during summer semesters -- and we (the students & I) marvel at the 100+ temps in the classroom, as we persevered and pushed on, with the lesson.
My classes were difficult -- but I'm no Pol Pot!!!!
The democrats are digging their own mass grave.
Why don't the Dems bother asking about the CIRCUMSTANCES under which some of these "detainees" were captured -- for example, many were captured in battle, committing blatant violations of the Geneva Convention -
Dressing as pregnant women (with bombs attached), attempting to detonate near our troops (wearing civilian clothes is a violation of the Geneva Convention BTW - making them ILLEGAL COMBATANTS in this case);
Waving a White flag, -- and then raising a weapon and shooting as our Troops approach (ANOTHER GC violation), etc.
Because NO UNIFORMS ARE WORN by terrorist insurgents, nor can they provide an actual rank & serial number -- this means it is IMPOSSIBLE to return them to their countries. Since they'd eventually RETURN to the battlefield, they would be UNTRACKABLE, for purposes of this GC war crime violation (returning to the battlefield after capture & repatriation), and prosecuted.
So -- we hold em. IF they don't want to be "held" -- don't shoot at American & Iraqi forces!!!!!!
AT G'TMO SOME OF THEM HAVE IT WAAAAAAAAY TOO EASY
I suspect the ones that were shackled like that were behavior problems, esp. if they had been there a while. That's what i think.