Daily Show Asks If Gitmo Is Prison or Zoo?

[Charleston Chew]

Run time: 04:55 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8RybipyTFI   Posted on YouTube: March 17, 2011 By YouTube Member: LiberalViewer Views on YouTube: 303   Posted on DU: March 17, 2011 By DU Member: Charleston Chew Views on DU: 563

 
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When President Barack Obama issued an executive order last week clearly breaking his promise to close the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Jon Stewart's commentary on "The Daily Show" really got to the crux of the issue by pointing out that holding human beings in prisons without evidence treats them more like animals in zoos, as I show in this video.

The clips of Thomas Friedman come from the June 11, 2006, broadcast of CBS' "Face The Nation," a longer segment of which is available online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_6hCZYVvpU

The clip of President Barack Obama promising to close the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, comes from my own previously monetized video uploaded November 20, 2008, available online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgCqFtnXYfY

The clips of Jon Stewart come from the March 9, 2011, broadcast of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," a longer segment of which is available online at http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-march-9-2011/moveon-aww---trials-resume-for-guantanamo-detainees

The image of President Obama's March 7, 2011, executive order titled "Periodic Review of Individuals Detained at Guantánamo Bay Naval Station Pusuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force" comes from the webpage at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/03/07/executive-order-periodic-review-individuals-detained-guant-namo-bay-nava

The image of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) fight against indefinite detention comes from the webpage at http://www.aclu.org/indefinitedetention/


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