Ted Rall for April 06, 2012
April 04, 2012
April 09, 2012
Transcript:
It's a new day in Amerimmar, formerly known as the United States. (Man: Hope! At last!) (Man 2: Best day ever!) (Woman: Unbelievable!) A political prisoner locked up for years by the nation's military rulers has won a seat in Congress. (Man 3: Aung San Suu Kyi- free after a hellish stay in GITMO!) (Woman 2: Now she's heading to Congress!) (Man 4: Where are you going next?) (Woman 3: Disneyworld!) (Man 4: And you can!) Could democracy be next? (Woman 3: Don't be silly. This isn't burma.)
Ketira about 12 years ago
Does this cartoon make sense to anyone? Because it doesn’t make sense to me.
ScullyUFO about 12 years ago
Ketira:Ted’s message is subtle and multilayered. One layer: Americans believe they are free because they can go to Disneyland. Other posters feel free to identify more.
eepatt about 12 years ago
Hey Skippy! Some of the Gitmo prisoners were teenagers totally uninvolved in fighting when they were picked up and sold for bounty. they were not “terrorists” before they were shipped to Gitmo. I’ll bet they’d like to be terrorists now after being falsly imprisoned for all these years. Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfield sure did a good job when they invaded Afghanistan, didn’t they?
walruscarver2000 about 12 years ago
Is it just me, or has Rall been all over the place lately?
Ted Rall creator about 12 years ago
Under US law, everyone at Gitmo is innocent. None have been convicted, or even charged, in a court of law. The reason they haven’t been charged is that, according to the military, there isn’t much evidence (in many cases, none) that they have committed any crimes. They are political prisoners, pure and simple.
The comparison is, it’s hard to imagine the US liberalizing to the extent that Burma has, allowing political prisoners such as those housed at Gitmo and other torture prisons to run and win political office.
MiepR about 12 years ago
Guilty until proven innocent? If you were in jail, would you like to be seen that way?
joe vignone about 12 years ago
Democracy was thrown away with the so-called Patriot Act, don’tcha know?
Anarcissie about 12 years ago
It is my perhaps erroneous impression that the people in Gitmo are not even political prisoners. That is, many of them did not do anything at all to merit incarceration. Others may indeed be criminals in deed or intent, but there is no process in place for making a determination. It’s another crime against humanity; practice for the future, maybe.
walruscarver2000 about 12 years ago
So many of the observations, including Mr Rall’s, are clearly from people who have vast experience in a combat situation.And if I need to explain the relevence of that to you,you are one of them.