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About That Torture Thing
Jules Crittenden — ... . By that definition, the United States military has been torturing its own soldiers for decades, but never mind that. Anyone foolish enough to sign their life away and commit war crimes for the military-industrial complex or whatever they call it these days probably has it coming. Quite apart, it turns out large numbers of former guests of the United States have returned to the battlefield . Some cynics might observe that’s exactly what Nazi POWs would have done, if they had been returned to the bosoms of their families in 1944. But others might suggest this assortment of cab ...

Good news: More “unfairly imprisoned” Gitmo detainees are now back on the battlefield
Sister Toldjah — ... Any guesses as to how many on the far left pranced around with glee when they read this news? God help if we get attacked again, and if it happens and it turns out that even one of the released Gitmo Hotel guests had any role to play in it, there will be hell to pay to all who badgered the adminstration on their Gitmo policy, but that will be one “Toldjah So” many of us won’t relish pointing out. ...

Brainster's Blog — ... treatment of U.S. detainees at any time during the last troubled eight years. But in the wake of the Muntader al-Shoedi Brogan-chucking incident, throwing things has been embraced by the Arab world and the American Left as a legitimate form of speech. Consequently, it would seem there is no reasonable barrier to talking to people in this manner as part of a responsible, humane effort to encourage them to see the errors of their ways. In other news, all those "completely innocent" people who were swept up to Gitmo and eventually released? ...

The Consequences of Torture
Comments from Left Field — ... Quite apart, it turns out large numbers of former guests of the United States have returned to the battlefield. It’s a sticky issue for the incoming Obama admin. Some cynics might observe that’s exactly what Nazi POWs would have done, if they had been returned to the bosoms of their families in 1944. But others might suggest this assortment of cab drivers, halal butchers, businessmen and foreign exchange students, all abducted while minding their own business in Afghanistan, were radicalized by the cruelty they experienced at the hands of the hated Crusaders. Which also means, ...