Meanwhile, back in Gitmo...

Our very own Vice President recently informed us that the Guantanamo Bay detention facilities were actually more like a tropical island hotel resort than any kind of prison. Apparently the ingrates that we've locked up there will never be satisfied.

Some Guantanamo Prisoners Have Gone on Hunger Strike

WASHINGTON, July 21 (AP) - Some 50 prisoners at the American naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, have been on a hunger strike for three days, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday.

Man... you send some people to a tropical island resort, and still all they can do is complain. Anyway, the numbers quoted above are just the "official description" from our side. A couple of recently released "guests" of the resort reported a slightly different story.

The Pentagon's account of the protest contrasted somewhat with that of two Afghans released on Monday from Guantánamo. The two, Habir Russol and Moheb Ullah Borekzai, said on Wednesday that more than 180 Afghans were on a hunger strike to protest mistreatment.

Mr. Russol and Mr. Borekzai estimated that the men were in the 14th or 15th day of their fast.

Mr. Borekzai later said of the hunger strikers: "Some of these people say they were mistreated during interrogation. Some say they are innocent."

"They are protesting that they have been in jail nearly four years, and they want to be released," he said.

Neil Koslowe, a lawyer in Washington for 12 detainees from Kuwait, said several inmates told him during a June 20-24 visit to Guantánamo that there was a "widespread" hunger strike over the amount and quality of their drinking water.

Sheesh... complaining about mistreatment, poor quality drinking water, years of incarceration with no opportunity for due process... What are these people going to want next? More towels?

Sorry. Apparently my sarcasm meter has redlined today.