US Demands Freed Prisoners, Forgets Its Own Guantanamo Guests
Venezuela has reportedly begun releasing political prisoners, a development the BBC notes has been 'long demanded' by the United States. It's a heartwarming tale of humanitarian concern, assuming one ignores the fact that the US holds 30 men, some for over two decades without charge, in its own tropical gulag known as Guantanamo Bay (Source: Department of Defense, ACLU). Perhaps Washington's next
diplomatic mission should focus on its own shores? The irony of demanding other nations release 'political prisoners' while denying due process to its own 'forever detainees' is a comedic masterpiece, if not for the human misery involved. One might call it peculiar, another might call it... exceptionalism.