The Rude Pundit - In Brief: Tom Cotton's Gitmo Blues

[meegbear]

Republican Representative Tom Cotton of Arkansas said on Fox "news", "We should be proud for the way we treated these savages at Guantanamo Bay." He was referring to the foreign detainees at the naval base prison, most of whom have been there for more than a decade without charge or trial. At its peak in 2002, the prison - sorry, detention camp - no, fuck it, prison held 722 men. We're down to 122. 54 of those have been cleared for release by the U.S. government. So we're down to 68 savages. Less than 10% of the original number, mostly men who wouldn't qualify as ill-mannered, let alone "savage."

Cotton, who is about as conservative a cocksucker as you could create, thought he was making a mighty point at a hearing last week when he went nutso on a Department of Defense undersecretary. He pressed the dude, asking him how many people were at Gitmo when other terrorist attacks occurred before 2002, like in 1998 or 1993 or 1979 (only 2 of the ones he mentioned took place in the United States). The answer, of course, was "none" because the fuckin' place wasn't open yet. "Ah-ha!" Cotton practically announced, the thumping under his table getting louder at each question. "In my opinion the only problem with Guantanamo Bay is there are too many empty beds and cells there right now. We should be sending more terrorists there for further interrogation to keep this country safe. As far as I’m concerned every last one of them can rot in Hell, but as long as they don’t do that they can rot in Guantanamo Bay," he really did say.

You got that? Over 600 people were held for years, many tortured, and Tom Cotton can count how many fucks he gives on no fingers. Innocent people can rot because Tom Cotton is afraid they might become terrorists one day, despite the fact that only 1% of those released returned to the battlefield (whatever that might be in this "war&quot . Or 30%, if your sources come from dead Breitbart or live Twitchy. Frankly, we're lucky more haven't thought, "Yeah, I think I wanna blow shit up in that country that force-fed me through my asshole." Frankly, when it comes to those innocent people, Gitmo has made us terrorists. Frankly, fuck Tom Cotton in his smug, stupid face.

By the way, 9 men have died at Gitmo from suicide or natural causes. So, if we go by the Obama administration's numbers, more detainees have died than have returned to the battlefield. And that's why pride is a sin, motherfucker.

But, congratulations, GOPers (and enabling Democrats) in Congress. You've made it so that most of the nation just doesn't think about Gitmo. It's down the rabbit hole of history. You'll get your rotting corpses. Maybe we can prop one up in each of your offices.

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2015/02/in-brief-tom-cottons-gitmo-blues.html

[Nye Bevan]

1. Good points, but would it kill him to avoid homophobic slurs like "cocksucker"?

Yeah, yeah, I know, it's his "schtick" and he's "the rude one".....

[F4lconF16]

3. Same thing with his use of the "c word" and other sexist slurs.

There's a big difference between being rude and using bigoted slurs. I love his writing the most when he does his serious pieces. His "rudeness" can be really funny, but it completely kills the funny when he uses the slurs, and sadly, he tends to use a lot.

Edit: it's disappointing, too, since he has a very clear grasp on what's being done to PoC, women, LGBT people, minorities, etc., in this country. I think it comes from a position of privilege, to be honest. He feels he can use them since he makes his feelings on the issues clear enough.

Edit 2: also notice that he never uses racial slurs, just homophobic and sexist ones.

[Johonny]

2. These were the people that were afraid of Obama's death panels

but also want unregulated torture of people not convicted of any crime. No wonder they fear the federal government. The government they'd create is one stupid * up lawless mess.