Comments on: SEALs charged: Yorktown man, two others accused of abusing detainee http://freedetainees.org/7465 prisoner profiles and actions Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:25:02 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jason http://freedetainees.org/7465/comment-page-1#comment-4877 jason Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:16:51 +0000 http://freedetainees.org/?p=7465#comment-4877 The last time I checked the "Bush administration" is no longer in office and I wish everyone would stop using that crutch to blame everything on. My question to you would be what would be what would the humane thing to do to the the kind men that cut the heads off of our soldiers and put it on international T.V. for thier families to see? Would you still feel the same way if one of them were your brother or your father? Do you have this much conviction for your fellow americans that are imprisoned that were wrongly accused? Good luck on your fight for the detainees. I wish you well. But please understand that just because the media plays something doesn't mean that it happened. Sometimes children lie to thier parents to get the other sibling in trouble. The last time I checked the “Bush administration” is no longer in office and I wish everyone would stop using that crutch to blame everything on. My question to you would be what would be what would the humane thing to do to the the kind men that cut the heads off of our soldiers and put it on international T.V. for thier families to see? Would you still feel the same way if one of them were your brother or your father? Do you have this much conviction for your fellow americans that are imprisoned that were wrongly accused? Good luck on your fight for the detainees. I wish you well. But please understand that just because the media plays something doesn’t mean that it happened. Sometimes children lie to thier parents to get the other sibling in trouble.

]]> By: admin http://freedetainees.org/7465/comment-page-1#comment-4814 admin Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:25:26 +0000 http://freedetainees.org/?p=7465#comment-4814 Thanks for the comment. It's always nice to have another take on things. I must say though, Shaker Aamer is also a very nice person. His son is growing up without him, they've never met. There is also one man - who's name I won't mention at the moment - who was working as a translator in Iraq. He's a very nice man, too, yet he was accused of crimes he did not commit - yet there was no outcry. Tony Lagouranis has a book out called "Fear Up Harsh" which details how detainees were (and are) being treated in Iraq. I have a good friend who's brother is still missing from Fallujah 2004, and he was also a very good man. A lot of people have no problem calling American soldiers "freedom fighters", yet we invaded Iraq - for no reason - based on lies from the Bush administration. When Iraqis fight for their own freedom they are not called freedom fighters, they are called "insurgents". Not only did we illegally invade Iraq, we arrested and detained, and abused - those we were supposedly going to "save from saddam". I'm honestly baffled as to how anyone can fail to see that obvious fact. Sorry about your friend, he's only one of many - however - there is no denying that these men - not just the ones listed here - abused Iraqi detainees. That is widely known. These men got caught. As far as I'm concerned the truly guilty ones were high up in government - and they got away scott-free. Perhaps instead of trying to gloss over the fact that these men abused detainees - their supporters should go after those who ordered them to do so - the Bush administration. There are groups out there trying to get them prosecuted on war crimes. Thanks for the comment. It’s always nice to have another take on things. I must say though, Shaker Aamer is also a very nice person. His son is growing up without him, they’ve never met.

There is also one man – who’s name I won’t mention at the moment – who was working as a translator in Iraq. He’s a very nice man, too, yet he was accused of crimes he did not commit – yet there was no outcry.

Tony Lagouranis has a book out called “Fear Up Harsh” which details how detainees were (and are) being treated in Iraq. I have a good friend who’s brother is still missing from Fallujah 2004, and he was also a very good man.

A lot of people have no problem calling American soldiers “freedom fighters”, yet we invaded Iraq – for no reason – based on lies from the Bush administration. When Iraqis fight for their own freedom they are not called freedom fighters, they are called “insurgents”.

Not only did we illegally invade Iraq, we arrested and detained, and abused – those we were supposedly going to “save from saddam”. I’m honestly baffled as to how anyone can fail to see that obvious fact.

Sorry about your friend, he’s only one of many – however – there is no denying that these men – not just the ones listed here – abused Iraqi detainees. That is widely known. These men got caught. As far as I’m concerned the truly guilty ones were high up in government – and they got away scott-free. Perhaps instead of trying to gloss over the fact that these men abused detainees – their supporters should go after those who ordered them to do so – the Bush administration. There are groups out there trying to get them prosecuted on war crimes.

]]> By: Jason http://freedetainees.org/7465/comment-page-1#comment-4812 Jason Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:11:21 +0000 http://freedetainees.org/?p=7465#comment-4812 SO1 Huertas is a good person and very kind hearted. He and I were in Boot Camp together. He and his brothers do not need this hanging over thier heads. These honored SEALS should be back in the fight where they belong instead of worrying about thier future as freedom fighters. If we want to win the war on terrorism we need to play thier media game against them instead of for them. Let those brave individual go free. SO1 Huertas is a good person and very kind hearted. He and I were in Boot Camp together. He and his brothers do not need this hanging over thier heads. These honored SEALS should be back in the fight where they belong instead of worrying about thier future as freedom fighters. If we want to win the war on terrorism we need to play thier media game against them instead of for them. Let those brave individual go free.

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