Let Them Starve

[Geee]

National Review:

World Crisis Alert: Guantanamo Bay detainees don’t want to eat. Muslim rapper Yasiin “Mos Def” Bey is so worked up about their appetite plight that he videotaped himself being force-fed to build support for closing Gitmo. Cry me a river.

This latest round of hunger strikes isn’t an international human-rights tragedy. It’s another manipulative act of Jihad Theater.

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Have you forgotten? Calculated Gitmo fabulism goes back to 2005, when Newsweek fell for false rumors that U.S. soldiers “flushed” the Koran down a toilet at the military detention facility in Cuba. Gullible media reports of “desecration” provided a handy pretext for anti-American riots across the Muslim world that resulted in nearly a dozen deaths. Detainees later ’fessed up that the conflagration stemmed from one of their own dropping the Koran in prison and blaming a guard.

Meanwhile, it was Gitmo residents themselves who were intentionally tearing up Korans. One guard reported in May 2003: “Detainee residing in cell [redacted] block tore his Quran into small pieces.” Another prisoner “did intentionally destroy his Quran and throw [it] out of his cell,” according to a separate government report.

[clearvision]

Guantanamo? Why is this still in the news?... I thought the President said he would close it 5 years ago...

[Valin]

@Geee @clearvision

 

I haven't watched this...yet, but it looks pretty good.

AEI: Closing Gitmo? A conversation with Rep. Mike Pompeo

7/9/13

 

Event Summary

 

Rep. Mike Pompeo sat down with AEI's Marc Thiessen on Tuesday to discuss Pompeo's recent visit to Guantanamo Bay detention camp (Gitmo) and to comment on Obama's national security strategy as a whole. Thiessen and Pompeo began by weighing in on the National Security Agency leaks and recent White House scandals. Rep. Pompeo lamented that the scandals have damaged the government's credibility, faulting President Obama for failing to foster a culture of accountability and trustworthiness. On the topic of Edward Snowden, Rep. Pompeo insisted that "to call Snowden a hero is a disservice to the true heroes."

 

Turning to Gitmo, Rep. Pompeo commended Joint Task Force Guantanamo for its effective management of the facility, noting that it is operated in a manner that is consistent with "American ideals and notions of fairness and rule of law." Both Pompeo and Thiessen agreed that the proposal to shutter Gitmo poses significant risk to national security. Moreover, Rep. Pompeo warned that "the world watches weakness," and that offering to close Gitmo as a means of placating America's enemies is futile and dangerous.