[Grovenet] Remember the goat herder?

[Katie Allnutt]

Here is an interesting article for those who remember the story of  
the goat herder whose father in law turned him in for the $5K fee,  
thinking the US would quickly realize they just had a simple goat  
herder. But the family was disappointed when they kept him  for  
several years trying to get the 'truth' out of him. Of course they  
were confused because they thought the US was a big smart country  
that could tell the difference between a goat herder and a terrorist,  
but they were wrong with folks like Cheney and Rumsfield in charge.
Now we find ourselves in the situation where goat herders in  
Afghanistan know that Dick Cheney is a lying despot but not enough  
people in the US know it. With people finally feeling like they can  
come out and tell the truth (even though it is unfortunate they  
didn't have the balls to do so at the time) maybe we can return to  
the philosophies of Washington and the other founders who advocated  
treating prisoners humanely.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_guantanamo_wrongly_held


Katie