Please follow this link and read the op-ed by attorney Sabin Willet about her client in Guantanamo. If there was not one other reason to fight as hard as possible for a Democrat to take thee White House next year the Republicans' promise to keep the prison open is sufficient.
The client is chained to the floor of an isolation cell, similar to ones used by North Koreans against our pilots during the Korean War. He has been imprisoned for six years. Yet
"No one alleges that Joseph was ever a terrorist, or a soldier, or a criminal. The military told him in 2002 he was innocent. Again in 2003. Again in 2006. "
Still, the U.S. government uses legal gimmickry to keep him chained and locked up.
When you wonder how accurate are estimates of the degree to which the civilized world holds the U.S. in contempt, please ask yourself if you would have even believed such a story ten years ago.
We have much to be ashamed of.
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