Comments on: Biden: Gitmo Will Close by January http://news.antiwar.com/2009/07/23/biden-gitmo-will-close-by-january/ Original and up-to-date news Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:34:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: arthurborges http://news.antiwar.com/2009/07/23/biden-gitmo-will-close-by-january/comment-page-1/#comment-3105 arthurborges Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:10:49 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/?p=5163#comment-3105 The issue is not what is closed or left open, but what happens to its, um, guests and the minimum standards of, um, hospitality to be applied at all detention centers worldwide. Torture's prime value is not extraction of operational information, but terrorization of the population within its reach. To that end, it is very very important to publicize that most detainees are probably innocent: that way EVERYBODY feels threatened and goes to extremes to keep beneath the radar screen. Got it now? The issue is not what is closed or left open, but what happens to its, um, guests and the minimum standards of, um, hospitality to be applied at all detention centers worldwide.

Torture's prime value is not extraction of operational information, but terrorization of the population within its reach. To that end, it is very very important to publicize that most detainees are probably innocent: that way EVERYBODY feels threatened and goes to extremes to keep beneath the radar screen.

Got it now?

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