
“Renewing his push to close the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, President Obama said what many of his critics have been saying for years – that it is inefficient, inspires new terrorists, alienates the US’s allies and, above all, ‘is contrary to who we are’. Coming in response to the detainee hunger strikers, whose numbers increase every day, Obama’s comments suggest that the inmates are close to accomplishing what others opposed to the prison have not: they’re making it necessary that their cases get resolved. Let’s revisit some myths about the prison.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/07/the-top-five-myths-about-guantanamo-bay/
Related posts:
IKEA surges forward with store openings despite global economic turmoil
Rolls-Royce Lays Bare Entrenched Failings to Stunned Investors
Shutdown: National Park Service Closes Self-Sustaining Colonial Farm
While feds double down on marijuana prohibition, businesses stop bothering
Meltdowns Hobble NSA Data Center
Switzerland: The Other Currency Manipulator
Hit us with your best shot, Andy!
NSA admits: Our analysts ‘willfully violated’ rules of surveillance system
Other Agencies Clamor for Data N.S.A. Compiles
The Dark Side of Liberation: Rape By American Soldiers In WWII France
Greek teen’s death after argument with bus ticket inspector sparks anti-austerity protests
Questions remain in Chinese earthquake that killed more than 80,000
Gold trade booms in war-torn Syria
CEOs behind new exchange system talk Bitcoin
U.S. widens surveillance to include individuals with no foreign connection