As if the torture in Iraqi prisons weren’t enough, there is more torture occurring in Guantanamo Bay. A hunger strike was underway by prisons, protesting their situation of being held indefinitely without charges. To counter this, Americans strapped down the strikers and fed them through tubes. This is actually what happened during the women’s suffrage movement in the early 1900’s. Good to see the progress. To top it off, the prisoners were then isolated in cold cells for hours. I agree with Angela Merkel, current German Chancellor (they couldn’t change it to PM or President after Hitler?) when she calls for the US closing the prison. Its clearly only used for torture, as 90 miles away there are American facilities. Hopefully we have a brave president, Republican or Democrat, who puts forward a responsible military budget (in other words, less than $560 billion). I’d vote for anyone promising to cut the budget in half, except someone like Bush who has no credibility.