History has demonstrated the futility of petitioning the jailer. The President's intractable defense of the status quo at Guantanamo is powered by the necessities of empire. America's torture camps are but one manifestation of the suffering occasioned by U.S. domination of the planet.
Former detainee Adnan Latif wrote "Where is the world to save us from torture? Where is the world to save the hunger strikers?" Cleared for release, Adnan died waiting for justice. Today 17 men face the same end unless people of conscience kick up some serious resistance to unchecked executive power.
