SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
Al Jazeera and Fox News (Tor-friendly archived copy) report that fifteen captives have been released from the Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp in Cuba. The prisoners, who were captured in Afghanistan and Yemen, are being transferred to the United Arab Emirates for settlement.
There remain 61 prisoners at the camp, of whom at least 19 have been cleared for release.
This discussion has been archived.
No new comments can be posted.
15 Released from Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp
|
Log In/Create an Account
| Top
| 42 comments
| Search Discussion
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by bob_super on Thursday August 18 2016, @05:21PM
> Personally, I do. One flies on top of my rollaway toolbox at work, another flies from my car window, another flies from my motorcycle.
I don't, and never will on my car or toolbox.
I don't fly any flags matching any of my passports, regardless of how happy I am to have had the luck of growing up where I did.
I've tried to explain to Americans why we don't feel the need, but few people who grew up praising the flag which hangs overhead every day seem able to relate.
The US flag in particular comes with an excessive baggage of pride and exceptionalism. I could fly it to tell the people around me "look, I'm one of us" or to tell others "look, you're not the same as me". Not interested in either. There are moments for flag-waving and patriotic displays, like there are moments to profess your faith out loud. The rest of the time, the Golden Calf should sleep in a closet.
> Although I'm embarrassed by my government, I am an American, and I am proud of my country.
Therein lies the rub...