As I sit and watch the horrible events that took place within the camps in Guantanamo, I could found a lot of pros and cons towards the U.S. Defense Department. But I am not going to reveal that because I feel that it is very wrong to torcher a human being in that way. A person should have respect and justice to prove that their innocent, not physically harm them for the thought of what they know. I find this clip from the “Road to Guantanamo” to be very moving and I can’t believe the pain and suffering that those people had to face just because they were at the wrong place at the wrong time. It’s wrong to judge people by their culture and race, which is discrimination. Although, the attacks that happen on 9/11 is a scary and horrifying event that took place, that doesn’t give any one the reason to discriminate others, it just allows people to have more efficient security and protection.
This picture is basically an inset of what life was like in Guantanamo bay camps. Looking at this picture it’s very hurtful to see, even the clip was hard to watch. The image shows pain, hurt, suffering, survival, patience and passion of freedom in all these men’s body language of movement.
I found a clip of Youtube, which I found was very interesting because it was the very first clip that was released to the public of Guantanamo Bay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXYrYTNo5n4&feature=relatedThe clip shows the guys being threaten and mentally abused by the U.S. Defense Department because of their static knowledge towards the culture and background of the Muslim guys.
Even though something like this happened in the 2000s, everyone should be a where of the consequences towards criminal offences and to always have faith in who you are and to remember that you are innocent until proven guilty.
When we were in class discussing the Guantanamo camp, and realizing that a Canadian boy was being held my views on the American country changed completely. I’m not saying that my views changed just because they are holding a Canadian boy, but for the near fact that at these camps these poor innocent people are being treated as if they were not human beings. I feel that nobody should ever be treated the way that some of these people have been treated regardless if they are guilty or not. The camp should have been shut down from a long time ago since Barack Obama said he would be doing that. Generally I just feel that this whole thing is ridiculous and that it isn’t right, these people deserve justice and freedom because they are being held for what? The fact that some of these people try to defend themselves against the attack that was happening in their own country. After reading about Omar Khadr the Canadian boy who is now a man being held and beaten changed my whole view. I just feel that the U.S take things to a whole different level and think that they have some sort of power over all the other countries that exist. Hopefully I believe that one day justice will happen for these people and they will be set free.
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