Former Gitmo guard recalls abuse, climate of fear

[evildevil]

Former Gitmo guard recalls abuse, climate of fear

Army Pvt. Brandon Neely was scared when he took Guantanamo's first shackled detainees off a bus. Told to expect vicious terrorists, he grabbed a trembling, elderly detainee and ground his face into the cement - the first of a range of humiliations he says he participated in and witnessed as the

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[arisma]

Almost more than anything this is what gets me about the war, and most specifically those who defend it. So killing Iraqis isn't important, the cost isn't important, how about our own kids coming home having seen and participated in this sort of thing? How can you go back to functioning normally with the clear memory of shit beating an old man because he flinched, thinking he was about to die?

[arisma]

Oddly enough that's not usually the viewpoint espoused by supporters of the war. There tends to be a heavy dose of justification. I'm curious what that would be.

[shuraiya]

Oh, this is awful.

[zgirl714]

Doesn't surprise me. Disappoints yes, but not a surprise. Disturbing all the way around though.

[mon_lapin]

So the real question here is wtf the Army is doing at a Navy base?!

[justabwaybaby]

It happens all the time, really, although I don't know why there are so many Army guys at Gitmo.... My dad was in the Army. Our neighbors were Air Force when we lived in Georgia. My dad attended the Naval Postgraduate School and so we lived in Navy housing. *shrug* I dunno...

[morbidoutlook]

Do the soldiers get convicted for doing stuff like this?

[sobota]

not very often. and usually, no.

[sobota]

the us isn't the only country that doesn't respect ICC's jurisdiction, and i can't be too upset about that.

the problem is that the us doesn't want to look and see what it's doing. or, at least, DIDN'T want to look and see.