| Donald Tees 2006-04-22, 3:55 am |
| LX-i wrote:
> Donald Tees wrote:
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> Wow - we really screwed up with that guy. I hope he is duly
> compensated, and that what happens to him doesn't happen to anyone else.
>
> I must point out, though, that the US treatment described was quite
> humane. I'm not sure why they deported a Canadian citizen to Syria, and
> why they didn't let the Canadian embassy work that out. They obviously
> already had him on their "list" (they already had the lease!).
>
> While his story is truly horrible, extrapolating it to think that that's
> the way we treat terror suspects as a matter of course isn't right. If
> this were the way we did things all the time, there's no way someone
> wouldn't have come forward before this. If *this* story is what you're
> basing your accusations on - well, you're free to have tunnel vision if
> you'd like.
>
I do not need to extrapolate. I just need to look instead of shouting
or listening to slogans.
The story has been evolving for 3 years now, it is not exactly new. Not
only has he never been given an apology, but the Bush administration
have been declaring, over and over again, that they have had (nd do
have) a *right* to do it. They have also fought, tooth and nail (and
still are fighting, in fact) for the right to do it to everyone else
that is not a citizen of the USA. They are refusing to allow evidence in
his civil suit because the information is "sensitive".
In fact, that is the *exact* way terrorist suspects are being treated,
right to this moment. It was only this w that the *names* were
released of some the prisoners in Guantimano Bay. None of them have yet
been allowed to see a lawyer, nor have any international red cross
officials been allowed to even speak to them. They are being held
incommunicado, in secret, by the exact same people that did what they
did to Arar, and for damned near 5 years now.
How would anybody "come forward" for them? They do have have a lawyer
back at home. Most of them were not wealthy like Arar use to be.
I expect that great numbers of them will be handed over to officials in
other countries specifically to be killed, with the full knowledge and
consent of the officials involved. In fact the people doing the handling
are already saying things like "they are begging to stay in Guantimano
Bay", as a justification for their actions. I am sure they will weep
crocodile tears and claim innocence when when they are killed, and use
the torture they themselves arranged to claim how wnderfull their
treatment was in comparison. A few deaths will be very convenient.
You are being sucker-played. All this secret spy stuff is bullshit.
People are playing games with security to cover up power/money grabs and
illegal acts.
Whwn it all comes out in the end (which it always does), it is going to
be real tough convincing anybody to ever trust an American again.
Certainly no moslem will now, and I cannot say I blame them.
Donald
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