Saturday, February 14, 2004

Locked up in Cuba

First they're rounded up and imprisoned in Cuba. Now many are seriously ill and "are being held under inhumane conditions", according to the Washington Post. One man was held in a cell that had "no windows or running water and the lights were kept on 24 hours a day. He has lost 40 pounds, is unable to eat and has a fungal infection covering his legs".

I know they're enemy combatants, but they should receive better treatment than that.

Oh, wait. Oh, my apologies.

This description isn't of an enemy combatant. He's a 63 year-old economist suffering from cirrhosis of the liver and is one of 75 Cuban dissident journalists, economists and librarians arrested a year ago by Castro's government. I'll bet you that these people wish they were being held at Guantanamo Bay.