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[davman]

INSIDE THE RING

By Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough
July 22, 2005


GIs criticize
Soldiers from Massachusetts and Hawaii who work at the U.S. military detention facility at U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, gave visiting home-state senators a piece of their mind last week.
Sens. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, and Daniel K. Akaka, Hawaii Democrat, met with several soldiers during a visit led by Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John W. Warner, Virginia Republican.
Pentagon officials said soldiers criticized the harsh comments made recently by Senate Democrats.
Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the Senate's No. 2 Democrat, last month invoked widespread military outrage when he compared Guantanamo to the prison labor systems used by communist tyrant Josef Stalin, Cambodia's Pol Pot and Adolf Hitler.
"They got stiff reactions from those home-state soldiers," one official told us. "The troops down there expressed their disdain for that kind of commentary, especially comparisons to the gulag."
A spokesman for Mr. Kennedy had no comment. A spokeswoman for Mr. Akaka confirmed that the senator met with soldiers from Hawaii but did not recall receiving any complaints during the meeting.
Both senators made no mention of the incident in press statements after the visit. Mr. Kennedy, in his statement, said that he is "impressed with the courtesies and professionalism of the men and women in our armed forces."
Mr. Kennedy has been a leading advocate for closing the prison facility. Mr. Akaka in April voted for an amendment that would have cut funds for the prison.

http://www.washtimes.com/national/inring.htm

It is about time the senior balloon from Massachusetts face the troops he keeps complaining about. I am ashamed to be from the state that keeps electing this disgusting example of a human being!

[PhantomSgt]

Kennedy! Now there is a guy begging to be on the Bush Exercise Regime.

His reserve pack for the military flight to Gitmo was a G-11 Cargo Parachute.



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Retired AF E-8

Independent that leans right of center.

[Rdtf]

Can you imagine how tough it must have been for them to have to entertain that non patriotic clown? Power hungry, grand standing Lib from Mass that voted to give them even less than they have to fight this war?

[roughfun]

I hope they kept a good eye on Ted. He might try to pass info from Bin Laden to the prisoners. A good interrogation. Talk or get in the car with Ted. It might work. Semper Fi

[coldwarvet]

[AMOS]

Daniel AKAKA...............I wonder if there's a Spanish speaking person that could give a loose translation of that last name?

[Beatrice1000]

ok teddy, don't you think it's about time you took a trip to Iraq and Afghanistan and give those troops a chance to have a little talk with you, too? You might learn SOMETHING

[dusty]

Too bad they couldn't put him in a cell alone with some of the guys locked up down there for an 'in depth interview'.

Dusty