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ZhuRenDianandted -> RE: Bush Approved Use of Insects in al-Qaeda Interrogations (4/20/2009 9:38:10 PM)
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What is it that you are trying to say here? The report is either poorly written or based on poor translations, and/or reported by detainees that might, for some reason or another want to lie and complain about their experiences. i will admit that i only read half of the report but came to the following conclusions.
The Red Cross has a history of defending and assisting the downtrodden and for that they are wonderful and spectacular. They are highly inclined to provide comfort to those in need without question as to politics and motives, and for that they are quite compassionate. i am impressed with their bravery to put themselves on the line for the cause of humane treatment of all people. i wish i was brave enough to be that forgiving. i am not.
As for the content of the sections of this report which i read, most treatment concerns were quetioned due to allegations of poor treatment i am intrigued as to the source of those allegations. i presume from the wording of the report that the detainees were the source of information. They most certainly have a motive to exaggerate their discomfort. i do agree that it is unpleasant to be isolated for extended periods of time, and away from the family, but it is difficult to impossible to control someone whose philosophy includes, in great part, being willing and indoctrinated to die for their cause. (Dying in combat is rumored to put one in contact with 70 some odd virgins).
In the intro, there was a reference to medical care and treatment of the detainees. i stopped reading when one of the detainees claimed to be suffocated repeatedly. and who occiasionally vomited in the process. this brought me to one of several possible conclusions:
Based on the Webster definition, in my native language, suffocation is death by asphyxiation.
1. The detainee who related this experience was not accurately translated.
2. The detainee incorrectly represented the episode(s)
3. The doctors and/or interrogators took a reasonable amount of care to make sure that
the detainee did not die from aspirating his own vomit.
Of the 14 listed detainees, all of them retained their lives, their ability to speak and so on. None of them had their execution placed on the internet to instill fear and disgust in the heart of the enemy, nor to keep them from being able to relate their stories.
Do you have a link that has any one of these folks claiming to be innocent, or unjustly detained? i have not seen that part of things at all.
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