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CRUMBLE

Well, you knew that it would not last.

I have seen it coming. The blogs have been full of it. Passive resistance.

The cruel and inhumane treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo and their continued illegal incarceration will not succeed.

The human spirit is too strong to be crushed. The people running the deal are not on solid spiritual ground; it will not hold. And democratic process, even where it has been denied, will out.

This obscene manifestation of the bush war on 'terror' is destined to become another sad chapter in our national history right next to the Japanese internment during WWII.

Read all about the latest hunger strike and how it has driven fear into the hearts of the military bosses. The success of non-violent resistance over the centuries has been demonstrated. Even the sadists among us cannot be clever enough to foil it.

In the NY Times this morning:

Widespread Hunger Strike at Guantánamo.

You can say what you want about lawyers but the people who are volunteering to work with the prisoners are real, bona-fide, patriots and heroes(ines). Some come from the most prestigious firms. They are the eyewitnesses to history. Without them, god only knows what these bastards would be up to.

And don't give me any of that enemy combatant bullshit either. Due process exists for one and all, period.

And another crack opens up in this LA Times story:

Detainee Challenges 'Combatant' Status

And more about the internment camps in this LA Times article:

Manzanar Icon Now More Than a Memory.