[leprechaun9]

How about if we trade the detainees for the members of the 'Hate the United States' crowd (i.e., the members of Congress1)

[Cinnamon]

Congress has become a bunch of pansy appeasing lemmings. Do they ever think about the ppl that died on that downed airplane? what if the terrorists had actually made it to the Capitol building?.. some days I wake up and justwonder if we still have a country..

[68skylark]

If they want to see real mistreatment, they should visit a U.S. military Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) school.

Or better yet, they should attend the 3-week course!

Then they'll make a lot fewer stupid comments about GITMO.

[Mo1]

What ??? ... Durbin didn't go?

[Winston7000]

I would hope that some of the liberal members of this group could actually remain there where they belong. I am sure that we can provide them with quiche, chablis, sushi, "Das Kapital" and all of the great writings of Gloria Steinham as well as a multi-year subscription to the "Nation". They would be released on the condition that they never run for public office again nor vote in any except those at the township and ward level.
Torture would consist of providing them with copies of the Torah, all of Judeo-Christian scripture, the U.S. Constitution, Pat Boone songs and piped in sermons by Billy Graham and the late Pope John Paul II.

[OldFriend]

The congress-critters are hoping to confirm all the worst lying propaganda regarding Gitmo.

[BobS]

"Lawmakers in both parties want Congress to take a stand on the legal rights of detainees. "

Detain these people there also. It's a resort for terrorists. Give them all an honorary "Club GITMO" T-shirt from Rush's website. These prisoners gained an average of 15 pounds sitting around also. They need swimming lessons and surfing lessons to get to the freedom a few miles away in Castro's part where they will slim down.

[tiredoflaundry]

Hmmmmmmmm, I wonder if they will have lunch there? /sarc

[alloysteel]

One wonders, what is the scale by which these critics of the treatment of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay measure the degree of "mistreatment"? Are they soliciting the votes of the detainees? Or do they just want something to whack the Bush Administration about?

Sometimes, reality MUST intrude into their lives. But if they lie down for just a few minutes, it goes away....

[oldbrowser]

About 520 prisoners are held at Guantanamo. Already, $110 million has been spent on construction at the base. The prison costs about $95 million a year to operate.

Let see now, 95 million per year divided by 510 prisoners, that is over $180,000 per year per prisoner. These have got to be the most expensive "abused" prisoners in the world. Is there a sane person anywhere that would believe that these people are being mistreated ?

[SaveTheChief]

"Guantanamo has become a lightening rod," said Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif.

Only because liberals continue to make it one. They don't care about Guantanamo. They just care about making the President, the military, and America look bad.

[A.B.Normal]

Some one pee on them when they hold the Koran!

[savedbygrace]

Presidents Carter and Clinton joined fellow Democrats in saying that it should be shot down.

Interesting typo from AP's Liz Sidoti, doncha think?

[FairOpinion]

HELLOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

These are TERRORISTS!!!!!

Would these idiots prefer to NOT interrogate them and NOT prevent attacks on innocent US citizens?!

[Bush 100 Percent]

"to house foreigners believed ..."

How far do these people have to go to find a reporter who doesn't have a clue as to the basic facts?

These are enemies captured in War and on the battlefield! "Foreigners" captured in a War in a "Foreign" Country - who would have guessed? And I guess the are "believed" to be terrorists when all they were doing is killing U.S. Troops and civilians while on the way to Grandma's house ....

[Darkwolf377]

U.S. Lawmakers Tour Guantanamo Bay Prison

Just checking out the new digs before they move in, I hope.

[hosepipe]

**NOTICE** free education..
Guantamo Bay University is NOW GRANTING scholarships for new course...
"Peaceful Islam 101... "- Applications accepted in Afganistsan and Iraq..

[smoothsailing]

"Next,the interrogators will be threatening to slightly undercook the Lemon Chicken!"__Ann Coulter

[ClancyJ]

I suggest they spend the night at the prison - just so it will be known that they saw round-the-clock operation of the facility and got to talk to the prisons, interact with them, eat with them.

Otherwise, it could all just be staged to present a good image.

Afterall, we are paying for their trip and we want the truth - how does it feel to be a prisoner of the U.S?

[McGavin999]

Only 11 senators? And how many of them have shot their mouths off?