Comments on: Andy Worthington Discusses Guantánamo On Swiss TV

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Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:20:24 +0000

[...] to reports in the Swiss media, the government representatives concluded that, of the four men they investigated, two Uighurs were [...]

By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:36:12 +0000

Hi Will,
Good to hear from you, as ever, and thanks for both the visceral response to Cheney — and his “fascist lying mouth” (love it!) — and the very heartfelt explanation of how screwed up our world is when war trumps everything, and care and concern for others are marginalized or crushed completely.

By: Will Shirley

Will Shirley — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:30:52 +0000

There are islands in the Pacific which will be submerged in a few years when the caps melt away. Perhaps we could build a prison on one of these sunny beaches and since Cheney and Rumsfeld are so sure they know how to handle evil people, we should make them the warden and guard of this prison. Then we dump the few bad guys as well as the previous administration onto the island, continue doing damn little but talk about climate change, and eventually we’ll look around and voila! No evil men, no island. Problem solved. No moral issues to disturb our sleep and no more Cheney to really piss me off every time he opens his fascist lying mouth, the murdering baby killer. sigh. I do so wish that SOB was in prison pleading for his life, I really do, and it bothers me that I am so inclined toward violence just because they murdered several thousand innocent women, children, old folks, pets etc etc. and used my tax dollars, which should be going toward restoring my son to some semblance of consciousness. There isn’t enough money to give him therapies to try to heal his brain injury, but there’s enough money to send bombs to Israel, Iraq and Pakistan, causing more brain injuries, more crying parents. It’s beyond “not right”, there needs to be a better word for this sort of crime.

By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:44:28 +0000

Thanks, Little Brother, for the dose of mordant humor. Sometimes it’s the only way to get through all this …
And thanks also for the supportive words. Always much appreciated.

By: Little Brother

Little Brother — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:18:42 +0000

Hmmm, herewith two items ripped from today’s Internet headlines:

Palau agrees to take 12 Uighurs from Guantanamo: U.S.

Palau creates world’s first shark sanctuary
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I hope it’s just my paranoia, but I can’t help but think “there’s more than ONE way to preventively detain a captive”.

Hope you don’t mind this bit of mordant humor. Best wishes, and thanks for your outstanding reporting.