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Detainee Suicides Were by Hanging | 46 comments (46 topical)
Re: Detainee Suicides Were by Hanging (none / 0) (#1)
by Al on Sun Jun 11, 2006 at 01:33:58 AM EST
The camp commander claims that the suicides are an "act of asymmetric warfare". Since nobody else was hurt, I wonder what he thinks were the objectives of this act of war. Perhaps he thinks the suicides wanted to gain sympathy for their cause, maybe even to get the camp shut down. To him, that would be a defeat. Interestingly, the camp commander is full of praise for the suicides: "They are smart. They are creative, they are committed." He thinks they have wrested control from him by their act, in spite of all the power he apparently has. Rear Admiral Harris cannot see the forest for the trees. He thinks his power is undermined by the prisoners who kill themselves. In fact, his power is undermined by the lack of a moral basis.

Detainee Suicides Were by Hanging | 46 comments (46 topical)

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