OK congressman: Gitmo nicer than US county jails

[rainbow4321]

Spin, spin, spin:


http://www.kotv.com/main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=85707

Contrary to allegations, U.S. Rep. Tom Cole says suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay are receiving humane treatment in a well-run prison.

``Frankly, you're a lot better off at Guantanamo than you would be at a lot of county jails in this country,'' Cole said Monday in a telephone interview from Washington.

Cole said the prison was not nearly as primitive as he has thought, reflecting about $140 million that has been spent at Guantanamo in the last few years to make improvements. He said he believed the tour may have turned around some of the congressional critics of the prison.

As for calls to shut down the prison, Cole said he would much rather have it located away from the U.S. mainland. ``These are very dangerous folks,'' he said. ``Guards told us how they are abused by the prisoners in the course of the day. They are told repeatedly, ``We're going to kill you,'' and ``When we get out, we're going to find your family and kill them. We'll cut off their heads.'''

[dogday]

1. We got it wrong, the Guards are not abusing, they are

being abused....

[ret5hd]

4. of course, of course...

all i know is that here in the good ol' usa, complete w/ civil liberties, rule of law, etc etc...i once made the mistake of telling a plain ol' city cop to "piss off, dickwad".

needless to say, i REALLY doubt those guys are mouthin' off like that too often.

[tk2kewl]

2. I am so sick of these freaking arguments.

1) Inmates in the county jail have been charged and are awaiting trial or have been convicted.

2) The aren't subject to having their nads wired to high-voltage

[rainbow4321]

8. Next time we hear that a repuke's kid has been arrested,

they need to be sent directly to Gitmo for the outstanding care/environment...and if the parents/repuke lawmakers bitch about it, give them a copy of Cole's comments.

[tk2kewl]

9. Yeah... It'll be like a tropical vacation for 'em

[yankeedem]

14. Two kinds of fruit!

nt

[Canuckistanian]

3. When you're that well treated...

...who needs trials and legal representation? Life's a paid holiday!

[MisterP]

5. wow, Cole looks like a dead body in that pic!

[Caution]

6. This is probably accurate. Says a lot about the state of the US

Prison system doesn't it? We hear about Gitmo and how bad it is all the time. What's really sad is that this idiot Congressman actually thinks that this should shut up the critics when in fact his comments should wake people up to the fact that the US Prison System is not all that different from the Soviet Gulags.

[BurtWorm]

7. Do they make these threats in English?

:eyes:

[pocket]

10. no, they have subtitles

:D

[OrlandoGator]

11. All that means is there's torture in county jails, too.

Wonderful argument, douche.

[ComerPerro]

12. Isn't that what prisoners in the US do to guards?

Don't they get threatened daily here too?

[JackRiddler]

13. Actually, he may be right...

I bet the death rate from beatings in United States county jails is similar to that in Guantonomo.

Let's not be naive here, he knows exactly what he's saying.

[annagull]

15. Good thing they don't TASER them, huh congressman?

WTF does that say? Hey, at least they are not tasered and subjected to man rape, like here in the good ol' USA. Lucky Gitmos, eh congressman?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

16. He forgot to mention that prisoners in county jails usually get trials.

Not to mention, if convicted of an actual crime, they are given sentences with an end date.