GOP members of the Senate are backing keeping this facility open.
Lawmakers Defend Guantanamo Policies. Once again their partisan and greedy actions prove what they are. Now is then the time to put more pressure on them and to use these opportunities to get out truth to the American people... More below.
I just sent this off to the Armed Services Committee to call for the closure of the detainee center at Guantanamo Bay on behalf of my PAC. Not that they will listen, but I do believe we need to keep the pressure on them. Actions speak louder than words, and their actions prove that they are not on the side of the law, of justice, or on the side of protecting the American people. Perhaps this is something we can all do to show them we will no longer put up with their abuses that now place all of us in grave danger.
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To the Armed Services Committee;
On behalf of Patriots for Al Gore, I call upon your committee to consider closing down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It serves no apparent purpose at this time but to be a reminder of the reputation of torture and illegal treatment afforded to those taken into custody by our government.
It is a blemish on the reputation and soul of America, and it has only caused the perpetuation of more hatred and anger on the part of the Muslim community while also serving to place our own troops and citizens in more danger.
Our Founding Fathers would want nothing to do with such a place. They would require that treatment of detainees in any such facility maintained by our government adhere to the letter of international and national law as well as the laws of human decency, precisely to guard against such behavior being practiced against our own people and because they above all had humanity and respect for the law.
Those who call for the continued operation of this facility do nothing but call for the continuation of behavior that is unbecoming of American citizens, and call for the continuation of our troops being placed in danger around this world in response to the publication of abuses that have taken place here as well as in prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan. You serve no good purpose regarding any so-called "war on terror" by perpetuating terror.
We also then call for all detainees in this facility to either be charged or released and to be processed according to the law. This is and should not be about keeping this facility open to facilitate the profit margins of companies like Brown and Root that have gotten contracts to build the cells there simply because they are tied to Dick Cheney.
The cronyism that also exists is also a clear indication of why so many wish for this facility to remain open. It is also obvious that the huge amounts of money made and being made by many involved with this "war" have also led to the total dismantling of human dignity and the pursuit of justice.
We therefore call on the members of this committee to think long and hard and in a manner that is not partisan, to see exactly what this facility has done to tarnish the reputation of a nation that claims to spread "Democracy," yet cannot even guarantee that for its own citizens. We call for its closure so that the American people may also find closure with this chapter of our history that will be a stain on our country forever.
Thank you,
Jan Moore
Chairperson,
Patriots for Al Gore
http://www.patriotsforgore.com
Patriots for Al Gore is a Federal PAC, and is not connected to any candidate or candidate's committee.