Comments on: Guantánamo: A Real Uyghur Slams Newt Gingrich’s Racist Stupidity http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/05/21/guantanamo-a-real-uyghur-slams-newt-gingrichs-racist-stupidity/ Investigative journalist, author, filmmaker and Guantanamo expert Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:40:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Palau President Asks Australia to Offer Homes to Guantánamo Uighurs « freedetainees.org http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/05/21/guantanamo-a-real-uyghur-slams-newt-gingrichs-racist-stupidity/comment-page-1/#comment-59218 Palau President Asks Australia to Offer Homes to Guantánamo Uighurs « freedetainees.org Sun, 06 Jun 2010 04:34:26 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=3026#comment-59218 [...] Guantánamo And Paralysis In Government (May 2009), Guantánamo: A Prison Built On Lies (May 2009), Guantánamo: A Real Uyghur Slams Newt Gingrich’s Racist Stupidity (May 2009), Free The Guantánamo Uighurs! (May 2009), Who Are The Four Guantánamo Uighurs Sent To [...] [...] Guantánamo And Paralysis In Government (May 2009), Guantánamo: A Prison Built On Lies (May 2009), Guantánamo: A Real Uyghur Slams Newt Gingrich’s Racist Stupidity (May 2009), Free The Guantánamo Uighurs! (May 2009), Who Are The Four Guantánamo Uighurs Sent To [...]

]]> By: Guantanamo Envoy: U.S. Should Have Taken Cleared Prisoners; Some Should Never Have Been Held | Vereniging Oeigoeren Nederland http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/05/21/guantanamo-a-real-uyghur-slams-newt-gingrichs-racist-stupidity/comment-page-1/#comment-49440 Guantanamo Envoy: U.S. Should Have Taken Cleared Prisoners; Some Should Never Have Been Held | Vereniging Oeigoeren Nederland Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:35:52 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=3026#comment-49440 [...] President Dick Cheney) to gain the upper hand, eventually persuading Congress to pass legislation blocking the transfer of any cleared prisoners to the U.S. [...] [...] President Dick Cheney) to gain the upper hand, eventually persuading Congress to pass legislation blocking the transfer of any cleared prisoners to the U.S. [...]

]]> By: My Message To Obama: Great Speech, But No Military Commissions and No “Preventive Detention” by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/05/21/guantanamo-a-real-uyghur-slams-newt-gingrichs-racist-stupidity/comment-page-1/#comment-39236 My Message To Obama: Great Speech, But No Military Commissions and No “Preventive Detention” by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:38:16 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=3026#comment-39236 [...] to the horrendous legacy of Guantánamo, was well crafted and delivered. He delicately put down the fearmongers in both parties who have recently tried to make political capital out of Guantánamo, laid down [...] [...] to the horrendous legacy of Guantánamo, was well crafted and delivered. He delicately put down the fearmongers in both parties who have recently tried to make political capital out of Guantánamo, laid down [...]

]]> By: turning the page on tyranny « seeking spirit http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/05/21/guantanamo-a-real-uyghur-slams-newt-gingrichs-racist-stupidity/comment-page-1/#comment-38585 turning the page on tyranny « seeking spirit Sun, 24 May 2009 12:17:24 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=3026#comment-38585 [...] over the last several weeks, we have seen a return of the politicization of these issues that have characterized the last several years. I understand that these problems [...] [...] over the last several weeks, we have seen a return of the politicization of these issues that have characterized the last several years. I understand that these problems [...]

]]> By: Michael Phillips Sr http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/05/21/guantanamo-a-real-uyghur-slams-newt-gingrichs-racist-stupidity/comment-page-1/#comment-38524 Michael Phillips Sr Fri, 22 May 2009 16:25:28 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=3026#comment-38524 There’s a wall in my house that my children and grand-children call the military wall. At the top of this wall hangs the picture of my father, a WWII veteran, below his picture hangs the flag that covered his coffin. To the left of that flag hangs a picture of myself, a Vietnam era vet. To the right of the flag hangs a picture of my son, a Desert Storm vet. Below the flag hangs the picture of my three brothers, all veterans during some conflict or other in our nation's history. I tell you this because the other day my grand-son called me and informed me that he was going into the Army and that he would be sending me a picture for that wall. My heart sank down to the very pit of my stomach. You see so far my family has been very lucky, everyone on that wall has come home; now once more my government is going to place one of my own in harm's way. The reason I wrote this is because yesterday I watched the President and the former Vice- President give their speeches on our country's security. I heard from the President that which I joined the service to defend: the rule of law, the personal freedoms and rights that we should all hold dear, because they come at a high price. What I heard from the former Vice-President was the same bull shit that I heard all eight years that he and his former boss were in office. What really bothers me is that there are people out there who believe this crap. They don’t understand that it is being peddled by people who didn’t even have the intestinal fortitude to fight for the country they claim to be trying to protect. The former Vice-President got several deferments to keep out of the military during Vietnam, the former President joined the National Guard and then was too drunk half the time to even show up at his meetings. These are the people who have placed your children and grand-children in harm's way. When the former President of these United States condoned the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques”, as they wish to called them -- I prefer their real name, TORTURE -- they shamed this country, they shamed every man and woman in uniform and they shamed every soldier who has died to defend this country, our beliefs and what it is we stand for and have always stood for in the world. If we were at war with a country who did these things to our people we would put them on trial for war crimes and either put them in prison or execute them. So Mr. President this is the United States of America. The home of the free and the land of the brave. Do we all live by the law or do we all live by the law except the Executive Branch? There’s a wall in my house that my children and grand-children call the military wall. At the top of this wall hangs the picture of my father, a WWII veteran, below his picture hangs the flag that covered his coffin. To the left of that flag hangs a picture of myself, a Vietnam era vet. To the right of the flag hangs a picture of my son, a Desert Storm vet. Below the flag hangs the picture of my three brothers, all veterans during some conflict or other in our nation’s history. I tell you this because the other day my grand-son called me and informed me that he was going into the Army and that he would be sending me a picture for that wall. My heart sank down to the very pit of my stomach. You see so far my family has been very lucky, everyone on that wall has come home; now once more my government is going to place one of my own in harm’s way.

The reason I wrote this is because yesterday I watched the President and the former Vice- President give their speeches on our country’s security. I heard from the President that which I joined the service to defend: the rule of law, the personal freedoms and rights that we should all hold dear, because they come at a high price. What I heard from the former Vice-President was the same bull shit that I heard all eight years that he and his former boss were in office. What really bothers me is that there are people out there who believe this crap. They don’t understand that it is being peddled by people who didn’t even have the intestinal fortitude to fight for the country they claim to be trying to protect. The former Vice-President got several deferments to keep out of the military during Vietnam, the former President joined the National Guard and then was too drunk half the time to even show up at his meetings. These are the people who have placed your children and grand-children in harm’s way.

When the former President of these United States condoned the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques”, as they wish to called them — I prefer their real name, TORTURE — they shamed this country, they shamed every man and woman in uniform and they shamed every soldier who has died to defend this country, our beliefs and what it is we stand for and have always stood for in the world. If we were at war with a country who did these things to our people we would put them on trial for war crimes and either put them in prison or execute them. So Mr. President this is the United States of America. The home of the free and the land of the brave. Do we all live by the law or do we all live by the law except the Executive Branch?

]]> By: Guantánamo: A Real Uyghur Slams Newt Gingrich’s Racist Stupidity by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/05/21/guantanamo-a-real-uyghur-slams-newt-gingrichs-racist-stupidity/comment-page-1/#comment-38474 Guantánamo: A Real Uyghur Slams Newt Gingrich’s Racist Stupidity by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad Thu, 21 May 2009 22:53:00 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=3026#comment-38474 [...] Racist Stupidity by Andy Worthington Posted on May 21, 2009 by dandelionsalad by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 21 May [...] [...] Racist Stupidity by Andy Worthington Posted on May 21, 2009 by dandelionsalad by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://www.andyworthington.co.uk 21 May [...]

]]> By: Andy Worthington: My Message To Obama: Great Speech, But No Military Commissions and No "Preventive Detention" | BlackNewsTribune.com http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/05/21/guantanamo-a-real-uyghur-slams-newt-gingrichs-racist-stupidity/comment-page-1/#comment-38465 Andy Worthington: My Message To Obama: Great Speech, But No Military Commissions and No "Preventive Detention" | BlackNewsTribune.com Thu, 21 May 2009 21:41:51 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=3026#comment-38465 [...] to the horrendous legacy of Guantánamo, was well crafted and delivered. He delicately put down the fearmongers in both parties who have recently tried to make political capital out of Guantánamo, laid down facts about the [...] [...] to the horrendous legacy of Guantánamo, was well crafted and delivered. He delicately put down the fearmongers in both parties who have recently tried to make political capital out of Guantánamo, laid down facts about the [...]

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