Tortured and Hungry

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Originally uploaded by dangunderman.

Anyone who reads B&E is probably already appalled by the reports of conditions and treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo.

After the photos from Abu Ghraib were leaked to the press, most of the country (barring a few right-wing media pundits) were disgusted and horrified. That no one above those in the photos is being held accountable is equally disgusting and horrific.

Led by John McCain, a survivor of torture himself, the Senate has attached an amendment to a military spending bill, which would regulate the treatment of prisoners. It passed the Senate 90-9. Naturally, it faces a tougher battle in the House, and our fair president is threatening a veto. How this position is defensible is completely beyond me.

Meanwhile, as long as there's no forseeable end to the mistreatment, a group of prisoners at Guantanamo have gone on a much-unnoticed hunger strike.

Leave it to The Nation, a magazine I love that no one reads, to cover the story. I hate that stories in The Nation tend to die in The Nation. The Nation was the only publication that would cover what we now know was the stolen election of 2000, while it was actually being stolen. But Democrats, being the bitches they are, ran away, hid, or simply did what they do best: capitulate. And the mainstream press is so brow-beaten into fearing the "liberal" label, they wouldn't touch it. Until it was too damned late.

Fuck everyone. I'm in a bad mood.