[RealJustme]

Shaker Aamer: ‘The administration at Guantánamo is doing everything they can to break our hunger strike.’

Increasingly brutal tactics are being used in an attempt to break the hunger strike by detainees at Guantánamo Bay, according to fresh testimony from the last British resident still held in the camp. The 46-year-old from London tells of one detainee who was admitted to hospital 10 days ago after a nurse caused a prisoner to cough up blood when inserting the feeding tube. Aamer also alleges that some nurses at Guantánamo Bay are refusing to wear their name tags in order to prevent detainees registering abuse complaints against staff.

Although the military initially denied that there was a hunger strike inside Guantanámo, it now concedes that, of the 166 detainees, 104 are on hunger strike and 44 are being force-fed by nurses and doctors.

What the hell is wrong with the Obama Administration? Start treating these terrorists just like American prisoners. Food is provided if they chose not to eat it, respect their desires. No prisoner in history has ever starved themselves, at some point they will eat. Leave these poor terrorists alone, respect their right not to eat if that's what they want.

[Leroy]

Yea, BRUTAL TACTICS, like giving them all new workout equipment, giving them more meals per day than some of our troops, giving them better living conditions than some of our troops, spending more on their personal needs than on our own tax payers....

[RealJustme]

I say respect their rights to not eat and stop spending millions force feeding them. Treat them like American prisoners, take their perks away and if they don't want to eat so be it. We should even stop wasting food giving it them knowing they won't eat it. Tell them when they want to eat, they need to let the guards know.