Posted on 07/15/2013 10:38:04 AM PDT by Second Amendment First
Officials at Guantanamo Bay are once again being falsely accused of “torture” — this time for using nasogastric feeding tubes to sustainterrorist detainees who are on a hunger strike. Federal Judge Gladys Kessler recently ruled that, while she does not have the authority to stop the involuntary feedings, the practice violates international law that “prohibits torture or cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment.”
This is absurd.
If force-feeding detainees really constitutes torture under international law, then why does the United Nations do it?
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The anti-Guantanamo group Reprieve posted a video on YouTube showing rapper and liberal activist Mos Def undergoing the procedure as he writhes and pleads, “Please stop, I can’t do it.” The video has received some 5 million views.
There is another video on YouTube that is far more instructive. In it, a young girl looks sweetly into the camera and says: “Hi, my name is Natalie, and I’m just going to do a little demonstration on how to insert your nasogastric feeding tube.” She then proceeds to painlessly insert the tube through her nose, while calmly walking viewers through each step of the process in a matter of fact voice. At the end, she says: “If it’s your first time, it is scary at the beginning . . . but as you just saw it doesn’t hurt at all.”
If a young girl like Natalie can handle a feeding tube, so can the big tough al-Qaeda terrorists at Guantanamo Bay.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Maybe, but I’d still prefer to let ‘em starve.
After receiving her B.A. from Cornell University and LL.B. from Harvard Law School, she was hired by the National Labor Relations Board. She worked as a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Harrison A. Williams (D–NJ), later convicted in the Abscam scandal, and subsequently for U.S. Congressman Jonathan B. Bingham (D–NY). Kessler worked for the New York City Board of Education, and then opened a public interest law firm. In June 1977, she was appointed Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and from 1981 to 1985 served as Presiding Judge of the Family Division. She was President of the National Association of Women Judges from 1983 to 1984, and currently serves on the Executive Committee of the American Bar Association Conference of Federal Trial Judges and the U.S. Judicial Conference’s Committee on Court Administration and Management.
District Court service
On March 22, 1994, President Clinton nominated Kessler to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to the seat vacated by Judge Michael Boudin. She was confirmed by the Senate on June 15, 1994 and received her commission on June 16, 1994. She took senior status on January 22, 2007 and was succeeded by Judge Amy Berman Jackson.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Kessler
Have a knuckle sandwich.
Agree with you.
If I wanted to torture them, I would cook the most fragrant tasty meals right outside their cages.
Why would anybody even think of force feeding terrorists? Just put some good food in front of them and that’s it. If they eat, fine. If they don’t, fine. End of file.
BBQ Pork (Double whammy). Ribs. Steak. Burgers. Hot Dogs.
I would enjoy their suffering while chowing down.
Is the world so short of Muslim or Arab terrorists that we need to start force-feeding the remnant in order to stave off the extinction of this noble species?
The chow hall should make praline bacon for breakfast every morning.
I say let them starve themselves. Move their cell right next to the kitchen so they can smell the food being cooked. If they change their minds they can eat.
BTW, how do Muslims living above the Artic Circle cope with a July Ramadan having to fast 22 hours a day?
If these terrorists want to starve to death, that's fine with me. I have zero pity for these animals. Use the money saved on food to pay for a pig roast for the guards.
According to the libs, starving is a pleasant way to die.
I never understood why people get upset about those going on hunger strikes, especially those that believe in freedom of choice. I believe they should be offered food at mealtime but if they don’t eat within 30 minutes remove it.
I never understood why people get upset about those going on hunger strikes, especially those that believe in freedom of choice. I believe they should be offered food at mealtime but if they don’t eat within 30 minutes remove it.
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