Subject: NEWS FROM GUANTANAMO BAY ----- The Straight Scoop
>
> I've just returned from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Naval Air Station base where
we did
> three shows for the troops
> and toured several locations around the post visiting with some of the
finest
> military personnel on planet earth.
> The kids seemed to really enjoy the shows and especially liked "This
Ain't
No Rag,
> It's A Flag" and "In America". We
> had a great time with them. We saw Camp X-Ray, where the Taliban
detainees
are
> being held only from a distance,
> but I picked up a lot of what's going on there from talking with a lot of
> different people.
>
> The truth of the matter is that this operation is under a microscope.
The
Red
> Cross has an on site presence there
> and watches everything that goes on very closely. The media is not
telling you
> the whole truth about what's
> going on over there. The truth is that these scum bags are not only
being
treated
> humanely, but they are
> probably better off health wise and medically than they've ever been in
their
> lives. They are fed well, able to take
> showers and receive state of the art medical care, and have their own
Moslem
> chaplain. I saw several of them in a
> field hospital ward where they were being treated in a state of the art
medical
> facility.
>
> Now let's talk about the way they treat our people. First of all, they
have to be
> watched constantly. These people
> are committed and wanton murderers who are willing to die just to kill
someone
> else. One of the doctors told me
> that when they had Taliban in the hospital the staff had to really be
careful with
> needles, pens and anything else
> which could possibly be used as a weapon. They also throw their
excrement
and
> urine on the troops who are
> guarding them. And our guys and gals have shown great restraint in not
> retaliating.
>
> We are spending over a million dollars a day maintaining and guarding
these nasty
> killers and anyone who wants to
> see them brought to the U.S.A. for trial is either out of their heads or
a
lawyer
> looking for money and notoriety.
> Or both. I wish that the media and the Red Cross and all the rest of
the
people
> who are so worried about these
> criminals would realize that this is not a troop of errant Boy Scouts.
These are
> killers of the worst kind. They don't
> need protection from us, we need protection from them. If you don't get
anything
> else out of this soapbox, please
> try to realize that when you see news coverage much of the time you're
not
getting
> the whole story, but an
> account filtered through a liberal mindset with an agenda. We have two
fights on
> our hands, the war against
> terror and the one against the loudmouthed lawyers and left wing media
who
would
> sap the strength from the
> American public by making us believe that we're losing the war or doing
something
> wrong in fighting it. Remember
> these are the same people who told us that Saddam Hussein's Republican
guard was
> going to be an all but
> invincible enemy and that our smart bombs and other weapons were not
really as
> good as the military said that
> they were. They also took up for Bill Clinton while he was cavorting
around the
> Oval office with Monica Lewinsky
> while the terrorists were gaining strength and bombing our Embassies and
dragging
> the bodies of dead American
> heroes around the dusty streets of Somalia. It's a shame that we can't
have an
> unbiased media who would just
> report the truth and let us make up our own minds. Here I must commend
Fox News
> for presenting both sides
> much better than the other networks. They are leaving the other cable
networks in
> the dust. People like being
> told the truth.
>
> Our military not only needs but deserves our support. Let's give it to
them. The
> next time you read a media
> account about the bad treatment of the Taliban in Cuba, remember what I
told you.
> Been there done that.
>
> Footnote: I got an e-mail from a rather irate first cousin of mine the
other day
> who has a daughter who's a lawyer
> and she seemed to think that I was painting all lawyers with the same
brush.
> Please understand that I'm not
> doing that at all. That would be like saying that all musicians were drug
> addicts. There are a lot of good and honest
> attorneys out there. I happen to have one of them, but it seems that
they
never
> get any airtime. It's always the
> radicals who get their opinions heard; who fight the idea of the military
> tribunals and site The Constitution and the
> integrity of America as their source of justifying their opinions. Well,
first of
> all The Constitution says " We the
> people of the United States", it doesn't mention any other country. And
secondly
> as far as integrity is concerned,
> I don't think some of these folks would know integrity if it bit them in
the
> posterior.
>
> What do you think?
>
> God Bless America Charlie Daniels Copyright 2002 Charlie Daniels
> All rights under copyright reserved.
>
> Used by permission.
>
> I've just returned from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Naval Air Station base where
we did
> three shows for the troops
> and toured several locations around the post visiting with some of the
finest
> military personnel on planet earth.
> The kids seemed to really enjoy the shows and especially liked "This
Ain't
No Rag,
> It's A Flag" and "In America". We
> had a great time with them. We saw Camp X-Ray, where the Taliban
detainees
are
> being held only from a distance,
> but I picked up a lot of what's going on there from talking with a lot of
> different people.
>
> The truth of the matter is that this operation is under a microscope.
The
Red
> Cross has an on site presence there
> and watches everything that goes on very closely. The media is not
telling you
> the whole truth about what's
> going on over there. The truth is that these scum bags are not only
being
treated
> humanely, but they are
> probably better off health wise and medically than they've ever been in
their
> lives. They are fed well, able to take
> showers and receive state of the art medical care, and have their own
Moslem
> chaplain. I saw several of them in a
> field hospital ward where they were being treated in a state of the art
medical
> facility.
>
> Now let's talk about the way they treat our people. First of all, they
have to be
> watched constantly. These people
> are committed and wanton murderers who are willing to die just to kill
someone
> else. One of the doctors told me
> that when they had Taliban in the hospital the staff had to really be
careful with
> needles, pens and anything else
> which could possibly be used as a weapon. They also throw their
excrement
and
> urine on the troops who are
> guarding them. And our guys and gals have shown great restraint in not
> retaliating.
>
> We are spending over a million dollars a day maintaining and guarding
these nasty
> killers and anyone who wants to
> see them brought to the U.S.A. for trial is either out of their heads or
a
lawyer
> looking for money and notoriety.
> Or both. I wish that the media and the Red Cross and all the rest of
the
people
> who are so worried about these
> criminals would realize that this is not a troop of errant Boy Scouts.
These are
> killers of the worst kind. They don't
> need protection from us, we need protection from them. If you don't get
anything
> else out of this soapbox, please
> try to realize that when you see news coverage much of the time you're
not
getting
> the whole story, but an
> account filtered through a liberal mindset with an agenda. We have two
fights on
> our hands, the war against
> terror and the one against the loudmouthed lawyers and left wing media
who
would
> sap the strength from the
> American public by making us believe that we're losing the war or doing
something
> wrong in fighting it. Remember
> these are the same people who told us that Saddam Hussein's Republican
guard was
> going to be an all but
> invincible enemy and that our smart bombs and other weapons were not
really as
> good as the military said that
> they were. They also took up for Bill Clinton while he was cavorting
around the
> Oval office with Monica Lewinsky
> while the terrorists were gaining strength and bombing our Embassies and
dragging
> the bodies of dead American
> heroes around the dusty streets of Somalia. It's a shame that we can't
have an
> unbiased media who would just
> report the truth and let us make up our own minds. Here I must commend
Fox News
> for presenting both sides
> much better than the other networks. They are leaving the other cable
networks in
> the dust. People like being
> told the truth.
>
> Our military not only needs but deserves our support. Let's give it to
them. The
> next time you read a media
> account about the bad treatment of the Taliban in Cuba, remember what I
told you.
> Been there done that.
>
> Footnote: I got an e-mail from a rather irate first cousin of mine the
other day
> who has a daughter who's a lawyer
> and she seemed to think that I was painting all lawyers with the same
brush.
> Please understand that I'm not
> doing that at all. That would be like saying that all musicians were drug
> addicts. There are a lot of good and honest
> attorneys out there. I happen to have one of them, but it seems that
they
never
> get any airtime. It's always the
> radicals who get their opinions heard; who fight the idea of the military
> tribunals and site The Constitution and the
> integrity of America as their source of justifying their opinions. Well,
first of
> all The Constitution says " We the
> people of the United States", it doesn't mention any other country. And
secondly
> as far as integrity is concerned,
> I don't think some of these folks would know integrity if it bit them in
the
> posterior.
>
> What do you think?
>
> God Bless America Charlie Daniels Copyright 2002 Charlie Daniels
> All rights under copyright reserved.
>
> Used by permission.
