Mark Steyn: At Gitmo, detainees get La-Z-Boys, pastries

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | October 1 2006 | Mark Steyn

[knighthawk]

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[Dog]

There really is a comfy chair..

[mewzilla]

What does that degree of abasement before their prejudices tell them about us?

Abasement....

Fitting choice of words.

[mewzilla]

There really is a comfy chair..

Bleep it all.

And on a lighter note: I bet the La-Z-Boy folks are just tickled....

[Sooth2222]

[palmer]

To reassure incoming inmates that the filthy infidels haven't touched the sacred book with their unclean hands, the Qurans are hung from the walls in pristine surgical masks. It's one thing for Muslims to regard infidels as unclean, but it's hard to see why it's in the interests of the United States government to string along with it and thereby validate their bigotry

He needs to think outside the box a bit.

[ALPAPilot]

During the Battle of the Bulge some German SS troops were caught wearing captured American Uniforms. William Shirer in his classic "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" says some were summarily shot, the others were court martialed and then shot. Someone should ask Sen. Leahy what he thinks of that.

[toddlintown]

We are truly nuts.

[NonValueAdded]

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[The Great RJ]

That we coddle these bastards makes me sick. They should get treatment no better than given in any US prison. We give then far better conditions than endured by US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Perhaps we should give our Gitmo guests a weekly pork BBQ, all the beer they can drink and entertainment by the Dallas Cowboy's cheerleaders.

[driftless2]

I'd go further than just warehousing these killers. Everytime A-Q captures and kills some western soldier or civilian, I'd execute the same number at Gitmo or wherever we have them.

[sgtbono2002]

Its getting to look like the Democrat party is almost as bad as Islam. pat "Leaky" Leahy is a disgrace, as are most democrats. Its hard to believe anyone in America can vote and place these fools in Congress.

[Tax-chick]

bttt

[x_plus_one]

Its getting to look like the Democrat party is almost as bad as Islam

Islam has no future in a world where the trains run on time. The real danger is the enablers- the American and British leftists (and the french) who REQUIRE everyone within earshot to bow down to their cultural relativisms.

The real enemy is the left- they would destroy civilization just for the sake of raw power - for themselves alone.

[goldstategop]

We're overly sensitive to the needs of Al Qaeda terrorists. I'm beginning to think the slaughter and beheading of a number of U.S Senators at the hands of the enemy is the only thing that could get the august body to wake up and acknowledge we're truly at war rather than engage in academic debates that have zero relation to the danger faced by our country. These are the people who have forgotten 3,000 Americans were slaughtered less than five years ago last month.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[roaddog727]

On average, each detainee has gained 15 pounds duning his stint at GTMO.

[roaddog727]

duning=during - WAAAAAY to early/not enough coffee

[goldstategop]

No wonder Rush Limbaugh refers to it as Club Gitmo. Think of the irony. We treat Koranimals better in captivity than they've treated captured Americans. Its too much to expect them to give our own boys luxurious accomodations and a Gideon Bible placed nealy on the nightstand beside the bed as well as bacon and eggs for breakfast along with a side of pancakes with syrup.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus