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01-08-2006, 08:09 AM
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The Straight Scoop from Charlie Daniel's
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 cite 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
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/charlie2.asp
The Straight Scoop from Charlie Daniel's
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 cite 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