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May 31, 2005
Friedman is Right: Gitmo P.O.W Camp Should Be Shut Down
I agree with New York Times columnist Tom Friedman that the Guantanamo Bay concentration camp should be shut down. Now. On May 27, 2005, Mr. Friedman wrote: "Shut it down. Just shut it down." He added: I'm talking about the war-on-terrorism P.O.W. camp at Guantanamo Bay. Just shut it down and then plow it under. It has become worse than an embarrassment. I am convinced that more Americans are dying and will die if we keep the Gitmo prison open than if we shut it down. So, please Mr. President, just shut it down.
Mr. Friedman's call for the Gitmo camp to be shut down is equivalent to former CBS Evening News anchor Walter Leland Cronkite's 1968 commentary on the Vietnam War. As PBS' noted in its "Reporting America at War" series: In 1968, while anchor of the "CBS Evening News," Cronkite journeyed to Vietnam to report on the aftermath of the Tet offensive. In a dramatic departure from the traditions of "objective" journalism, Cronkite concluded his reports with a personal commentary in which he voiced his strong belief that the war would end in stalemate.
PBS noted that, Mr. "Cronkite's editorial would later be regarded as a critical indice of public opinion of the Vietnam War." Mr. Friedman is regarded in some quarters as the nation's leading foreign affairs columnist and a voice for the current U.S. foreign policy establishment. See "Just Shut It Down."
Posted by Munir Umrani at May 31, 2005 10:05 PM
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