BBC Story Tres Guantanamos committed suicide, fanning the flames of criticism about the harsh treatment and illegal imprisonment of its inmates. When asked about possible motives for the suicides the offical US response was that it was “an act of asymmetric warfare against us.”
I might have been sympathetic to the USA in this case if they hadn’t responded with this slice of idiocy. The truth is that prison suicides are common everywhere, and there’s no reason to expect differently from this one. But that’s not the excuse they went with, instead they opted for the “they’re just trying to make us look stupid” excuse. Well, now you do look stupid and you have no one to thank but yourselves. Even if it is true, nobody believes you and every day the prison remains open incriminates you further. So here’s a tip for the inevitable next time, if prisoners kill themselves give the media an iron fisting by shrugging your shoulders and saying, “They probably didn’t like it here. Oh, well.” You will appear just as evil but not quite so stupid and weak.