Comments on: Afghani detainee transfers resumed - will lawsuit restart? http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/02/29/afghani-detainee-transers-resumed-will-lawsuit-restart/ My personal opinions on social and political issues from a progressive standpoint. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:46:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: JimBobby http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/02/29/afghani-detainee-transers-resumed-will-lawsuit-restart/#comment-13698 JimBobby Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:38:37 +0000 http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/02/29/afghani-detainee-transers-resumed-will-lawsuit-restart/#comment-13698 Whooee! Good find, Scotty. The CadScam issue's been hoggin' the headlines. This one was slippin' under the wire. Speakin' of slippin' under the wire, we've learned that 60%-70% of prisoners under Afghan control are able to bribe their way out of jail and back to their normal lives -- Taliban fighters or common criminals. A few million dollars worth of physical upgrades to the detention facilities does nothing to reduce the incentive for bribery among prison guards and officials.  We look the other way while bribes augment the wages of Afghan authorities and the age-old practice allows our enemies to buy their way back to the front lines. Why do we look the other way? We look the other way so we don't have to see other illegal acts (besides bribery) committed by our allies. We are so afraid of admitting we hand over prisoners to known torturers that we refuse to look at what's right in front of our eyes. We need to reassess the mission and consider who we're helping. JB<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('13698','JimBobby'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('13698','JimBobby','Whooee! Good find, Scotty. The CadScam issue\'s been hoggin\' the headlines. This one was slippin\' under the wire.\r\n\r\nSpeakin\' of slippin\' under the wire, we\'ve learned that 60%-70% of prisoners under Afghan control are able to bribe their way out of jail and back to their normal lives -- Taliban fighters or common criminals. A few million dollars worth of physical upgrades to the detention facilities does nothing to reduce the incentive for bribery among prison guards and officials.  We look the other way while bribes augment the wages of Afghan authorities and the age-old practice allows our enemies to buy their way back to the front lines. \r\n\r\nWhy do we look the other way? We look the other way so we don\'t have to see other illegal acts (besides bribery) committed by our allies. We are so afraid of admitting we hand over prisoners to known torturers that we refuse to look at what\'s right in front of our eyes. \r\n\r\nWe need to reassess the mission and consider who we\'re helping. \r\n\r\nJB'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Whooee! Good find, Scotty. The CadScam issue’s been hoggin’ the headlines. This one was slippin’ under the wire.

Speakin’ of slippin’ under the wire, we’ve learned that 60%-70% of prisoners under Afghan control are able to bribe their way out of jail and back to their normal lives — Taliban fighters or common criminals. A few million dollars worth of physical upgrades to the detention facilities does nothing to reduce the incentive for bribery among prison guards and officials.  We look the other way while bribes augment the wages of Afghan authorities and the age-old practice allows our enemies to buy their way back to the front lines.

Why do we look the other way? We look the other way so we don’t have to see other illegal acts (besides bribery) committed by our allies. We are so afraid of admitting we hand over prisoners to known torturers that we refuse to look at what’s right in front of our eyes.

We need to reassess the mission and consider who we’re helping.

JB

Reply - Quote
]]>