After speaking with soldiers, sailors, and civilians who 
   collectively staff Gitmo, I left convinced that abuse 
   definitely exists at the detention facilities, and it 
   typically fails to receive the press attention it 
   deserves: it’s the relentless, merciless attacks on 
   American servicemen and women by these terrorist thugs. 

   Many of the orange jumpsuit-clad detainees fight their 
   captors at every opportunity, openly bragging of their 
   desire to kill Americans. One has promised that, if 
   released, he would find MPs in their homes through the 
   internet, break into their houses at night, and “cut the 
   throats of them and their families like sheep.” Others 
   claim authority and vindication to kill women, children, 
   and other innocents who oppose their jihadist mission 
   authorized by the Koran (the same one that hangs in every 
   cell from a specially-designed holder intended to protect 
   it from a touching the cell floor – all provided at U.S. 
   taxpayer expense). One detainee was heard to tell 
   another: “One day I will enjoy sucking American blood, 
   although their blood is bitter, undrinkable....” 

   These recalcitrant detainees are known euphemistically as 
   being “non-compliant.” They attack guards whenever the 
   soldiers enter their cells, trying to reach up under 
   protective facemasks to gouge eyes and tear mouths. They 
   make weapons and try to stab the guards or grab and break 
   limbs as the guards pass them food. 

   We dined with the soldiers, toured several of the 
   individual holding camps, observed interrogations, and 
   inspected cells. We were impressed by the universally high 
   quality of the cadre and the facilities. While it may not 
   be exactly “Club GITMO,” as Rush Limbaugh uses to tweak 
   the hard-Left critics who haven’t a clue about reality 
   here, GITMO is a far cry from the harshness experienced 
   even by maximum security prisoners in the U.S. 

   Meals for detainees are ample: we lunched on what several 
   thought was an accumulated single day’s ration for 
   detainees. “No,” the contract food service manager said 
   with a laugh, “what you’re looking at there is today’s 
   lunch. A single meal. They get three a day like that.” The 
   vegetables, pita bread, and other well-prepared food 
   filled two of the large Styrofoam take-home containers we 
   see in restaurants. Several prisoners have special meal 
   orders like “no tomatoes” or “no peanut products” 
   depending on taste or allergies. “One prisoner,” General 
   Hood said, “throws back his food tray if it contains 
   things he has specifically said he doesn’t want.” How is 
   he punished for this outrageous behavior? His tray is 
   numbered, the food he requested is put on it, and the 
   corrected “order” is delivered to his cell. 

   The detainees are similarly catered to medically. Almost 
   every one arrived at GITMO with some sort of battlefield 
   trauma. After all, the majority were captured in combat. 
   Today they are healthy, immunized, and well cared for. At 
   a visit to the modern hospital facility – dedicated solely 
   to the detainees and comparable to a well-equipped and 
   staffed small-town hospital with operating, dental, 
   routine facilities – the doctor in charge confirmed that 
   the caloric count for the detainees was so high that 
   while “most detainees arrived undernourished,” medics now 
   watch for issues stemming from high cholesterol and being 
   overweight. Each of approximately 520 terrorists currently 
   held in confinement averages about four medical visits 
   monthly, something one would expect from only a dedicated 
   American hypochondriac. Welcome to the rigors of detention 
   under American supervision.