Oh, for the good ol' days
In those wonderful days of yesteryear, prisoners in Afghanistan NEVER had their rights violated. Of course, back then the various groups didn't bother to take prisoners. You know, if it were me, and I had steeled myself to die in my trench and face mutilation rather than capture, the simple fact that I was made a prisoner of the evil Satan America would be pretty galling in and of itself. And then the infidels have the nerve to feed me, and cloth me, and actually put me on trial! Why can't they just let me be a martyr! O the humiliation! And where humiliation stalks, the Europeans can't be far behind.

Also, the article states that according to Afghan government sources in Kabul, there is increasing disinclination to deliver prisoners to the Americans because they are likely to be flown out of the country without Washington even seeking the permission from the Afghans. Which is kind of interesting, seeing as how the Americans have asked the permission of Afghanistan at every single juncture up to now--"May we please drop this daisy cutter, uhhhh, overrrr THERE?" "Ah ah ah--not so fast--you did not say 'Karzai may I!"


posted by Terry at 2:18:00 PM