Is there any way we can improve our image after the poor treatment of prisoners at Gautama Bay?

Question

I am so embarrassed for our Country, as a supposed Christian nation, treating those prisoners no different than what they were already accustomed to in their own country. It makes us look no different than any other warmongers. I am ashamed. Please help me to understand so I can put this saddness to rest. Thank you. Mmm

I thought that was the wrong spelling but the Spell checker didn't give me the right choices. It is Guantanamo isn't it. I hear so many different things that I do not know what to believe. Don't really trust the news media to tell the whole truth. I hope someone that has been to Iraq can get on here to tell us the truth. Thanks, and yes I really don't know. Do you? Mmm

Answer 1

When I was in the US Army, the propaganda machine taught us that we treat our prisoners of war and other detainees better than any other country in the world. Other soldiers who were in Clinton's Iraqi "police action" told us about how the Iraquis were running toward US military and giving up because they would rather come to our detention centers to be treated better than their own country has to offer. Up until the incident of a few years ago, I believed it to be true. I was an interrogator for the US Army, but never had to use my training in actual situations. Later, I realized the people who were blamed for that incident were not even trained to the extent I was as an interrogator linguist...they were not intelligent enough to be. I know there are instances in which human beings make mistakes and do things in poor judgment. There are those who exagerate things to make others look worse than they actually are. I know from my own experiences and training that we treat our foreign detainees better than we treat our own soldiers. It is sad that the media and Bush haters have done so much to make us look bad. I don't hate Bush...or any other leaders of our nation...I disagree with our prolonged presence in Iraq. We can not make a non-Christian based nation in our image...it won't work...they will never allow the separation of church and state in a Muslim nation the way Christ taught us to do when he instructed us to render unto Cesar the things which are Cesars, and render unto God the things which are Gods. We, the US military, do continue to hold to the Geneva Conventions...terrorists are not considered prisonors of war and do not deserve the same respect we give captured soldiers. They should be treated as spies...which means they can be executed. Instead, we treat them as civil detainees...which means we treat them better than the Americans in your local county jail, or state prison.

Answer 2

I recently read an article in the Legion about Guantanamo Bay. You can be rest assured that they are by no means treated badly. They aren't allowed to call them prisoners...they have to be called detainees. They are able to sleep 8 full hours a night (without exception) They get to do all their prayers no matter what else is going on. They get fed so well that many now are having to be treated for diabetes b/c they ate so much. They have access to lawyers (the average working out to being 2+ for each "detainee") They are known to assault the soldiers by stabbing them and throwing urine and feces at them. And the soldiers aren't allowed to do anything back!
So get real....these people are being treated great considering they were taken off the battlefield with weapons in their hands.

Answer 3

What is WRONG with you? America treats its prisoners thousands of times better than ANY country has treated prisoners from America! I can't believe people are so stupid to believe that CRAP those inbred talking heads and radio big mouths spout off! Three meals a day, their own chaplain, prayer rugs, clean clothes, medical and dental attention FOR FREE (even our kids don't get THAT!). Those POOR terrorists get treated better than American POOR do! Get your head outta your hind parts and think!! Those POOR PRISONERS would slit the throat of every man and woman on that base, and would love to get hold of YOU, too.
And this is NOT a Christian nation. There are more than CHRISTIANS in America. Didn't you know that?
And LEARN TO SPELL....it's not GAUTAMA Bay. It's Guantanamo Bay. You probably couldn't even find it on a map.
Good grief, the UTTER STUPIDITY of some people on here!

Answer 4

What poor treatment? They get three square meals a day, they pray at their convenience, they get medical treatment, they are in air conditioned buildings, etc etc etc. I'm really starting to tear up for those poor prisoners. Give me a break!!

Answer 5

Poor treatment of prisoners? You must be in another world. They are treated better than when they were at home. Many of them have gained a great deal of weight....poor food? Why don't you get your facts right before you come on to Answers?

Answer 6

We can get rid of the Liberal media that has blown things so far out of proportion. That would be a good start. We all know what happens when they capture one of our citizens or soldiers. At least we let them live.

Answer 7

i don't think we chopped off any prisoners heads lately, or pulled off any fingernails, smashed knee caps, broken bones, stuck them with needles, elector shock therapy, inserted foreign objects into there anuses,or any other sick acts like those that happen in their countries. So stop worrying about their rights already

Answer 8

What would you like us to do give them US passports.

How do you think they would treat you?

Answer 9

You want them treated better!? You hippy, trea-hugging, liberal. There terrorists! You know people who plot and sometimes succeed in killing thousands of innocent people. 9/11?! They all deserve to be tortured and put to death!

Answer 10

impeaching bush would help ..show the world how the american people feel about it ...