Rendition (CTG)

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11-25-2009
ChrisGeorge

Rendition (CTG)

Rendition

You plead for the life of your husband, Ameen,
father of 4-year-old Nasimah and unborn Badi,
a trained healer, physician perhaps to a terrorist,
as we stroll by the cold autumnal Tidal Basin.

The woollen tassles on your purple boots bob
as we kick through the carpet of tawny leaves,
D.C.'s cherries naked, spring's pink ladies reduced
to twisted, arthritic old men while Mr Jefferson's

domed marble monument, so easy on the eye, reflects
in the Potomac, symbol of our democracy, testament
to the decency of our institutions. And I know
Ameen's life rests in the files at Langley,

his pixilated face displayed on some computer screen
in the shuttered room of a foreign capital of a steel-
bound ally; Ameen shackled in darkness. What can I do?
Ah, I pledge to do what I can, whisper in an ear or two.

Christopher T. George
11-25-2009
pablo42

Nice one Chris. What they done at Gitmo will come back to haunt them for years to come.
11-25-2009
ChrisGeorge

Thanks, Pab. Now of course a number of conservatives are complaining that detainees will be brought to U.S. soil. And yet sending them to Guantanomo (Gitmo) was, in the first place, a subterfuge to get around giving them proper trials and any sort of rights.... keeping them out of sight indefinitely.

C
11-26-2009
pablo42

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisGeorge

Thanks, Pab. Now of course a number of conservatives are complaining that detainees will be brought to U.S. soil. And yet sending them to Guantanomo (Gitmo) was, in the first place, a subterfuge to get around giving them proper trials and any sort of rights.... keeping them out of sight indefinitely.

C

They were on a loser as soon as they used these methods. They just act as a recruiting sergeant for the bad guys. the British should know better, yet they helped with this abomination. Politicians!