Friday, June 03, 2005
Editorial: George Bush Is An IdiotAmnesty International Report Upsetting Only Because It’s Trueby Brian Richards | |
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- (OfficialWire) -- 06/03/05 --  We all know that George W. Bush suffers from impaired speaking, but in fact, he does not know what the Hell he's talking about. Or he does and he’s a liar. Either way, he's an idiot.There is no question that America, under the leadership of the Bush administration, has developed extensive systems of abuse and continues with outrageous illegal behavior, in the name of its brand of Freedom. Amnesty recently criticized the Bush administration's treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, calling the facility "the gulag of our times," a reference to political prisoners held by the former Soviet Union. Bush and his supporters quickly responded by calling the accusation absurd. "I'm aware of the Amnesty International report, and it's absurd - it's an absurd allegation," Bush said. It would appear the Bush administration objects to Amnesty's use of the word "gulag". Often people automatically assume "gulag" refers to work-camps, but a closer look reveals a more broad definition, including:
If that isn't a universally accepted description of the conditions for the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, then what is? For the Bush administration to call Amnesty’s assessment of America's pattern of abuse "absurd" is to not understand the definition of the word. The pattern of abuse is both well-reported and undeniable. The only question is why the American public continues to permit it? The Bush administration selected Guantanamo Bay with the intention of preventing the prisoners from having access to U.S. courts. Bush has refused to designate them "prisoners of war," which would have put them under the legal protection of the Geneva Convention, despite the fact that America is conducting a global war on terror. There are reports that a number of children under age 16 are among the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, but no independent agency has been permitted access to verify their condition, or to determine where or why they were arrested. I suspect the Bush administration's only real objection to the term "gulag" is that they had not thought to put these "disappeared" prisoners to work (yet). I wonder whether or not when America begins to see "Made In Guantanamo" on its products, will its citizens act to remove Bush, or will they celebrate the lower prices? |
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