We still would have the ability to hold detainees and to interrogate them aggressively. Members of al-Qaida would not be prisoners of war. We would be able to do everything we need to do to keep our country safe. The difference is, we would not have damaged our reputation in the international community in the process. When you read some of the graphic descriptions of what has occurred here—I almost hesitate to put them in the RECORD, and yet they have to be added to this debate. Let me read to you what one FBI agent saw. And I quote from his report:
On a couple of occasions, I entered interview rooms to find a detainee chained hand and foot in a fetal position to the floor, with no chair, food or water. Most times they urinated or defecated on themselves, and had been left there for 18–24 hours or more. On one occasion, the air conditioning had been turned down so far and the temperature was so cold in the room, that the barefooted detainee was shaking with cold. . . . On another occasion, the [air conditioner] had been turned off, making the temperature in the unventilated room well over 100 degrees.
The detainee was almost unconscious on the floor, with a pile of hair next to him. He had apparently been literally pulling his hair out throughout the night. On another occasion, not only was the temperature unbearably hot, but extremely loud rap music was being played in the room, and had been since the day before, with the detainee chained hand and foot in the fetal position on the tile floor. If I read this to you and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in their control, you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime Pol Pot or others—that had no concern for human beings.Sadly, that is not the case. This was the action of Americans in thetreatment of their prisoners.
Now, the atrocities committed in gulags, Pol Pot, Nazi death camps, etc of the past have killed several hundred thousands to millions in forced labor, interrogation, lack of food, water, heat, and so forth. And what's 100 degrees in the cells of Gitmo compared to troops experiencing 120-130 degree weather right now in Iraq!
Senator Durbin (D) is more concerned about the Gitmo prisoners than the troops in Iraq and used his valuable time on the Senate floor to talk about Gitmo prisoners when the Energy bill was being discussed.
Traitor Senator Durbin (D - Liberal) hates America so much he'll aid and give comfort to the enemy just to try and make a point, which in this case was nada and instead took pot shots at our National Defense.
Senator Durbin needs to resign his position. He views are so seriously screwed up he has no common sense. Helping the enemy in time of war. Illegal combatants (no uniforms, target civilians, no unit) are not covered under the Geneva Convention. They are our P.O.W.
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