Sen. Durbin Asks Why Pentagon Official is "Proud" of Gitmo

[whoareyapauldunn]

shame on you america

[bigdavid351]

Hahah, before you start talking about morals and having a good heart, why don't you change your position on abortion first!!! Typical moron liberals....

[sugarpuddin88]

As I reflect upon American crimes against humanity today, in places like Gitmo & Abu Ghraib prison, it is no surprise that America is forever destined to carry the sign of Cain for the Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings!

The longest America has gone without bombing someone is 2 years; America simply used the Nuremberg show-trials to hide itself in a haze of moral superlatives!

[celtic02170]

more power to u durbin

[pfriverrat]

Hey, Dicky Durbin, why do you condem bush and his boys, but want to ask bush to pardon George Ryan?

[notune22]

Durbin is more concerned with the welfare of these murderous cutthroats than he is in winning the war. He is a disgrace

[mountain19]

asking this man who is paid not to think or talk? he needs to ask rothschild bush sr. and chenney for starters. get real the rest of the world cant afford to think living from hand to mouth as we are now third world country per, rothschild's manifesto. we are all fodder.

[hfl2005]

Someone needs to ask why Durbin is awarding military equipment contracts to foreign companies instead of keeping these jobs in the US. This guy truly is scum.

[6297141]

watch?v=bcI1u8tDtc8

[InfidelOnTheGo]

Before Gitmo Terrorists attacked the World Trade Center twice, the pentagon, U.S Embassy's in Africa, and the USS Cole. After Gitmo was established, there has been Zero terrorist attacks on American soil. Many have been thwarted though, because of or actions in Gitmo.

[moonlitesymphony]

Do you believe that? Do you honestly believe that? Bombings and attacks have not stopped at all, worldwide. What's more it has nothing to do with gitmo, and everything to do with the fact that the organizations of caused it have subsequently be scattered, and what's more how many 9/11's do you expect to be pulled off?

[mountain19]

thanks to dummies like you who dont do the research for the lack of any needs right now allow the propaganda to rule their thoughts.

[Xzibillion]

so what the fuck would you do if you were living in your country and some army came and started bombing because of a dictator government or OSama who were by the way place by the same people invading(1980s taliban,TIM osman was funded to fight russia)

[Fuchsia]

Stuff like this is making me start to believe that America is intentionally bullying countries. Anyone with a brain could easily assume that this is a breeding ground for terrorists. And NOW the U.S. offended China by giving a medal to the dalai lama, and they're telling all their citizens that Chinese-made products are tainted and from sweat shops. All this while they re givin money to China and offering softer trade policies... what the hell is going on?????

[UriahNate]

Politics as usual .

[jbiddleston]

The eyes of the world is on the US, and you are now creating terrorists with Gitmo and your wars for oil. The world now hates americans, you need someone like Ron Paul! Love from the UK

[RockinRowdyRufus]

wellllll-iiiiiii-uuuuuh-mmmmmm­m, You are just unpatriotic, SIR!!!

[cmanw]

Bring back the constitution, and shut down Gitmo! There's no reason why these war criminals can't be charged and detained swiftly under the rules of the constitution. We are going to see more blowback from that in the next 10 years, and it's going to be nearly impossible to repair our reputation around the world because of it.

RON PAUL 2008!!!

[projectdurden]

two and a half minutes over his time??? Is that the amount of time someone has to argue their case??? That process is a joke!!!

[jokertim777]

(begin sarcasm) I think everyone needs to stop and realize how difficult a challenge bringing these people to justice can be. We can all agree that things haven't gone as well as we would have liked, but we are moving in the right direction with the single conviction we have gotten. I suggest we "stay the course" and focus on the 80-90 other likely convicitons and push aside the 470 mistakes as regrettable collarteral damage (end sarcasm). Same bull, different mess.

[gEEk271828]

Fight! Fight! Fight! HAhaahah

[CampHazzard]

It's nice there. It's like someone stealing you in the dead of night without reason and forcing you to go on vacation away from your stupid family. SIGN MY @SS UP!!!

[livanletliv]

dick durbin voted for the resolution to give the president the power to attack afghanistan and iraq. he voted for patriot act 1 & 2. he voted for the military commissions act. he voted for every budget request from the white house to fund the war...NOW he's getting sanctimonious on us..all of a sudden he's got a conscience. He's a liar, a hypocrite and a war monger. RONPAULREVOLUTION2008

[z8it]

"We are just following orders!"

That shit didn't work for the NAZIS at Nuremberg, and it is not going to work once these criminals are brought to justice and Our Constitutional Republic has been restored!

[cgretton]

Well, we finally got ONE of them!

U-S-A! U-S-A!

[DZDownUnder]

That One of them was a Aussie, who had supposedly trained with some group somewhere while touring, I don't think he ever was a real threat though!

[cgretton]

Damn you Aussies! Ever since their cultural invasion in the 80s, I knew it was only a matter of time before you'd try something dire. Look, Men at Work had their day, but you can't expect us Yanks to listen to that crap forever. You still have Outback Steakhouses all over the states...what more do you want?!

[yayarea41507]

the terrorists win? wow some of you people on here are brainwashed

1 person of out 775 has been convicted!!! and it was a plea bargain!

gitmo is not even doing the job they say they do. waste of time

bunch of fear mongering, useless torturers

Ron Paul will reinstate the Constitution, civil liberties, opportunity, freedom, and liberty. RON PAUL '08

[TAMARLANE]

Dick Durbin is a bloviating demagogue cut out of the same cloth as Joe Biden.

Makes no difference what the topic is, the bloviates, and he demagogues.

Maybe he is a demagoguing bloviator, I'm not really sure.

[z8it]

Wow

Have you ever had an original thought?

For your own education try some other source, besides parroting Bill O'Really.

You should be embarrassed.

[TAMARLANE]

I am embarrassed, for Durbin.

Did you listen to the quality of the questions here?

I prefer to discuss substance. There are few that I just attack. Durbin is one of them however.

I have watched this guy for years. He is EXACTLY what I said he is.

[micsc50]

They need to put Dickie Derbin in gitmo and water board his fuckin ass. This mother fucker wants the terrorist to win. Dickie the traitor!!! Who cares what 470 democRATs think. I think the only prisoner in Gitmo should be Dickie the traitor.

[Eudoxio80]

People like you are brainwashed to believe what you are told by people in uniform. You were taught not to question authority and that means people in uniform. How many people die every year in the USA from drunk drivers? Why are you afraid of a word (terror)? If you are scared of dying then, then don't drive because you might be hit by a drunk driver.....

[jondough83]

When you give up Liberty for the Promise of Security, you get neither - Ben Franklin and more recently RON PAUL

[micsc50]

You brain dead twerp. Dickie Turdbin is a terrorist sympathizer. He is also a yellow bellied democRAT like you. The only thing you have to fear is fear itself and me.

[doggy1971]

micsc50 I reckon you are a wind up merchant you are playing a game to see how many thumbs down you can generate. I hope so, I am despreately trying to assume you have some intelligence. God help you if you are serious - if so please don't operate heavy machinary for your sake and the sake of others.

[micsc50]

What are you some kind of red diaper doper baby? Dickie Durbin and the rest of the yellow bellied democRATs are traitors. they want America to lose the war not win. How about you Red?

[Fuchsia]

How do you win a "war on terror" when you are only in the Middle Eat to collect oil? "Terrorists" exist in more places than Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, and Pakistan. It will be even more if the U.S. doesn't stop making stupid decisions and wont leave countries to practice politics and religion the way they want. Operation Iraqi Freedom-my-ass. Operation Make-The-Rich-American-Corpora­tions-Richer is what it is.

[micsc50]

If it were not for those so called rich american corporations we would be poor american dirt farmers struggeling to survive. There shall be no surrender to terrorism

[Fuchsia]

Actually that's not entirely true. Thos rich american corporations and bankers are a huge part of the cause of the U.S.'s current recession. Read up on your "Federal Reserve". Then you'll understand what I mean. But for now, here's an example: Electric Cars. GREAT idea! Who has some of the largest incomes in the U.S.??? Oil Companies! Who controls the government? The monies from the wealthies who have special interests they want politicians and media to support. got it?

[doggy1971]

Hello Micsc50 are you asking me a question? I am still not fooled, it's all satire with you. I flattered by the way you are affectionately calling me Red though, but I am sorry I am not interested, I'm not Gay.

[micsc50]

Rich corporations and republicans. You yellow belly crybaby democRATs have nothing to fear but fear itself. Remember whats good for america is bad for democRATs. HITLERY IN 08 FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF FREEDOM.

[doggy1971]

I think your DemocRATs joke is excellent it really leaves them on the ropes but you are overdoing it a bit now. I think you should move your light hearted approach to ploitical satire on a bit. I think you should also change your user name to something that would subtly hint that you are really an actively gay liberal with an ironi right wing twist.

[mountain19]

they are all tri-lateral owned and operated by rothschild.

[Keys1337]

That General makes sitting on your hands sound so complicated. "We can't do anything because we are so very busy doing nothing, and doing nothing is terribly complicated."

[sweetfreek]

No wonder the Republican Party hates this man... and no wonder they don't bring out Gen. Powell on camera anymore too.

[greenbean1984]

dick durbin is a true hero

[VerbotenDingleberry]

Durban would let them go. Then they would go back to killing innocent people.

But that doesn't bother the Left just so long as they make America/Military/Bush look bad so that they can reap the political gains.

Transparent and Pathetic.

[Keys1337]

Pay attention. He was talking about getting them through a judicial process. If they belong in prison then they need a trial. Ron Paul 2008!!!

[blair227]

The best and brightest are no longer at the pentagon.Bushco fired all the good Generals and filled the void with his mindless yes men.

[vetul]

Gravel is where money/support should be going.

[vetul]

Interesting to note how military personal have become damaged in their consciousness. Lost the ability to be rational thinking beings which prevents logic/reasoning/understanding, corrupting your thinking & feelings & knowledge.Peace

[jsfumato]

Gitmo is our little auchiwitz a concentration camp with tropical breezes ..America we hardly new ye.

[UnitedOffensiveIII]

Gitmo is not that small matter of fact theres enough landmark to build a full size Auchiwitz!.

[YourSuperiorSays]

probably both

[MartySchrader]

Obfuscate! Confuse! Distract! Dilute! Look at the shiny keys! No, Gitmo isn't an illegal torture chamber that is making the entire world think of the USA as the repressive stepchild of the old USSR -- it's you, Senator! You are making our men and women in uniform look like criminals with all these questions! Why, how dare you!

Uhh, what was the question again? Oh, sorry -- obfuscate! Confuse! Distract! Dilute!

[TAMARLANE]

What a "Dick" Durbin is.

[blair227]

Being pithy and snide doesn't disguise the fact that what Durbin says is true and what the pentagon spokesman is doing is trying to cover up for their incompetence.

[UnitedOffensiveIII]

I think you just made a bigger dick of yourself.

[ScottFerrante]

I don't like Durbin either but you don't need to be a jerk

[natashanaa]

stand next to hitler warmongers criminals. guantanamo in the first place legal???? they destroyed our world based on lies, what to expect more world war3, we are at it already, so horray for that bullshit democracy, full of biggots leading our world to hell, horray humanity, we are all going to die from that piece of lie. 911 was and will always be an inside job

[gobigorange99]

Proud?!?! Excuse my language but you got to be Shiten me!

[natashanaa]

perhaps the naive mind of yours USA, STILL NOT FUUNCTIONING AGAIN, 911 WAS AN INSIDE JOB, THOSE TAPES WERE DELETED BECAUSEA THEY HAVE PROOF OF SOMETHING TOWARDS THAT DAY, DONT U GET IT YET, WANT MORE BLAH BLAH, STAND NEXT TO HITLER USA. FUCK YOU

[crazycatfguy]

If any of these people could be tried Carl Rove would have made damn sure they would have been sentenced right before the November elections. These people are in prison because of what they will tell us about Guantanamo when they get out.

[politicomark]

Senator Durbin owned that Brigadier General.

[YourSuperiorSays]

that chick behind durbin keeps looking at me...

*blushes*

[tralliboll]

haha

[judithnathan]

Dunkin Hunter, Republican Candidate for the President for Presidency, in remarks after the Republican Debate two weeks ago, claimed that the armed services are composed of men like with values like himself, right wing conservatives.

[YourSuperiorSays]

that's drunken hunter

[alnewberry]

Drunken Hunter? Isn't that Cheney's nickname?

[YourSuperiorSays]

Nah. Cheney's nickname is Dick "Shooty" Cheney.

=D

[hypnofan35]

i don't know how to say this exactly, but anyone well up in military hierarchy is not about defending freedom. Hierarchy is not about freedom so much as it is about taking lives and conspiring with leadership to limit freedom by the threat of mindless enforcements while trying to appear civilized. It no supposed to be that was but it ends up being that way.

[sabbathmeister]

The General says "It's unprecedented the rights we are making available to people we call alleged terrorists" What rights? You mean the right to have no access to legal counsel and to be held for years without being charged with any crime? What a bunch of fucking scum the US government is! They are just as bad as Hitler or Stalin! The US has no credibility left anymore in the international community. It's all just one lie after another.

[GIPIMP26]

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[sarcasmosis]

Durbin is my dude.

[mikheii]

right on durbin! glad to see one senator from illinois is still doing something in congress for the american people instead of himself

[natashanaa]

a black stain for USA history USA, STAND NEXT TO HITLER AND STALING, USA, FASCIST NATION,

[creole60]

Problem is, you have to protect and defend; but you have to lead by example. America has led by a poor example since 2003. Hopefully things will change in 2009.

[dtaijo174]

I would say we've lead a bad example since Korea...

[eneliatarknenah]

We can't just hope, we have to create that change, or else the president will change and the agenda will stay the same. Ron Paul 08.

[voiyour]

this is a hard problem. there really are islamonutjobs that want to do grave harm to the west. so they have to be dealt with. durbin runs the risk of being painted as a liberal pussy that wants to free all the terroroists.

otoh, im convinced guantanamo, abu ghraib, as well as permanent iraq bases and israel policy are recruiting tools we've handed the terrorist wannabes on a silver platter.

self-defeating.

[beatbaker]

Typical warped Republican Ideology. Face it...your polices have fucked up this country in ways that are incomprehensible.

[voiyour]

you obviously don't know a damn thing about me or my political views.

that said, i would be interesting to hear your analysis of my "warped" ideology. don't tell me it's warped. tell me why it is warped. unwarp it for me, if you will.

[intarwebzz]

woaaah, ol one-star's getting a little testy.

[bootpdx]

Durbin....you forgot to tally the amount of money the American people have spent on this ridiculous.

[DevBlazed]

Time to change from Amerika to America.

[judithnathan]

Perhaps it is this taxpayer financed mentality that makes pentagon officials proud of Gitmo: search you tube ARMY-NAVY FOOTBALL PROMO 2007

[whydoesmycelltorment]

she cuts Durbin off just as he gets to the point. I would like to have gotten to hear about no Habeas Corpus. Plus, the military's laws mirror American laws, aren't things reversed in a mirror.

[greatbroad]

Yes, it's like they've got to protect 'the Wizard' and Durbin gets too close in argument about Habeas Corpus. Like the rest of the World doesn't all ready know the U.S. is a rogue nation under the neocons.

[hajqbvii]

shut it down!

[Mandrik]

What's in the CONSTITUTION for military commissions?

[SLAVEforLISA]

You can see the anger and arrogance of the high command in this military regime. He has contempt for the Constitution and the rule of law. The seething self-righteousness is indicative of the neocon attitude.

[endofdays5767]

The U.S. government is capable of anything

[LeadSopAU]

I don't understand. If the senator is worried about the timing and results of the process, then why doesn't he quit accusing somebody else, and do it himself?

[RonPaulTheMan]

Where is our Constitution?????RP2008

[marcusjansen239369]

the constitution is no longer is in effect people. Wake up! The Federal Reserve runs your life through dictating how broke you will be and insuring there are enough Wars going on so Governments come and borrow more money and you take out more credicards to by intendo games with high interest rates!:) Wake the hell up, they are not your friends infact you are there enemy! Get rid of the FED Reserve!

[RonPaulTheMan]

Thumbs up!!!

[TallestIrkenElite]

The Fed is a Tool not a brain

[dafttool]

Gitmo is truly a no man's land. There are no laws of America or of humanity apparently applicable there. 775 people and only one plea agreement conviction for time served is an abysmal record to have after 6 years.

[BlueTunisia]

What has America become? Return to the Constitution! Return to America!

Ron Paul 08!!!

[danicacancan]

Very nice research...Thank you