Good Noose from Gitmo

Back on June 2nd I did a blog on some captured terrorists who went on a hunger strike at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. I suggested that it was a no win situation for us.

If they succeed in dying through their hunger strike, we are blamed by the international community for their deaths. If we force them to eat, then we are considered cruel for imposing our will on them. If we give in, we are shown to be weak and open ourselves to other forms of coercive behavior.

I went on to recommend that we fiegn indifference to their hunger strikes. Make them realize that their deaths, while in captivity, would be meaningless due to the lack of collateral damage. No bombs -- no glory. That kind of thing.

On Saturday, three prisoners were found dead from suicide. They hung themselves with bedsheets. This was followed by immediate calls to close the prison.

So, are these tremendously courageous individuals who are willing to die for their convictions? Do they have the political savvy to understand the repercussions of their actions?

I DON'T THINK SO.

These cretins are just bright enough to be meat puppets with detonators. You never saw Bin-Ladin or Zarqawi driving car bombs to work, did you? THESE MAGGOTS HAVE BEEN BRAIN WASHED INTO BELIEVING THEIR DEATHS WOULD HAVE MEANING. They are so weak willed and pathetic that another (slightly smarter) sand rat was able to convince them that death is their best option.

Now they sit in prison, all psyched up and nowhere to die. They are obsessed with their own death. They have been so convinced of the necessity of it that they can't step back from the edge. If they cannot blow themselves and countless others up while on the outside, then they must die by their own hand on the inside.

Which gives them probably one of the dumbest exit lines in history: "If I cannot die for the glory of Allah, then I do not want to live!"