<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Do you REALLY think I took the letter seriously?</div><div><br></div><div>Or was I seeing how far it would go before somebody felt obligated to explain that prisoners at Guantanamo are NOT receiving GI benefits.</div><div><br></div><div>Semper Fi . . . .</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:091E32D5-F0A3-47E6-A550-2FF209925E9F" alt="image.jpeg" id="091E32D5-F0A3-47E6-A550-2FF209925E9F" width="223" height="300"><br><br><div>Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares"</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom "Proud to be a Filthy Liberal Scum" Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">- John Lennon<br></span></font><div> </div></div></div><div><br>On Feb 19, 2013, at 7:45 PM, Ron Force <<a href="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com">rforce2003@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>Here's the story, from <a href="http://www.duffelblog.com/2012/10/guantanamo-prisoners-to-receive-gi-bill-benefits/">http://www.duffelblog.com/2012/10/guantanamo-prisoners-to-receive-gi-bill-benefits/</a></div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">(Like The Onion, for the military)</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><div class="headline_area" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 2em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);
font-size: 2.2em; line-height: 1.364em; font-family: Helvetica;">Guantanamo Prisoners To Receive GI Bill Benefits</h1></div><div class="format_text entry-content" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.667em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="headline_meta" style="padding: 0px 0px 11px; margin-bottom: 1.667em; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.8em; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-transform: uppercase; background-image: url(http://www.duffelblog.com/wp-content/themes/foxynews2/images/bg-dotted.png); font-family: Helvetica; vertical-align: middle; background-position: 50% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1360972506.html#_=1361331702356&count=horizontal&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.duffelblog.com%2F2012%2F10%2Fguantanamo-prisoners-to-receive-gi-bill-benefits%2F&size=m&text=Guantanamo%20Prisoners%20To%20Receive%20GI%20Bill%20Benefits%20%7C%20The%20Duffel%20Blog&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.duffelblog.com%2F2012%2F10%2Fguantanamo-prisoners-to-receive-gi-bill-benefits%2F&via=theduffelblog" class="twitter-share-button twitter-count-horizontal" title="Twitter Tweet Button" data-twttr-rendered="true" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: 110px; height: 20px;"></iframe><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://www.duffelblog.com/2012/10/guantanamo-prisoners-to-receive-gi-bill-benefits/&send=false&layout=button_count&width=82&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font=arial&height=20" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" data-action="recommend" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border-style: none; overflow: hidden; width: 82px; height: 20px;"></iframe><img valign-"bottom"="" src="http://www.duffelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/fire1.png" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">21,673 | <abbr class="teaser_date published" title="2012-10-12" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;"> 12 OCTOBER 2012</abbr> | BY <span class="author vcard" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.duffelblog.com/author/joshb/" class="url fn" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(164, 14, 14); text-decoration: initial;">SGT B</a></span> </div><div style="padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.667em; font-size: 15px; font-family: Helvetica;"><strong style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8052" title="Detainees At GTMO" src="http://www.duffelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/gtmo.jpg" alt="Detainees At GTMO" width="639" height="429" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px auto 1.667em; display: block;"></strong>GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA - In a controversial move praised by the international community as a promotion of human rights, the Department of Defense has begun allowing prisoners at Guantanamo Bay to seek <a title="Ole Miss Welcomes Student Veterans With Verbal Abuse, Menial Tasks" href="http://www.duffelblog.com/2012/07/ole-miss-welcomes-student-veterans-with-verbal-abuse-menial-tasks/" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(164, 14, 14); text-decoration: initial;">Post 9/11 GI Bill</a> benefits. While these benefits have traditionally been restricted to veterans of the United States Military to use in pursuit of a degree, the Pentagon has seen fit to begin allowing GTMO prisoners to enroll in the program.</div><div style="padding: 0px; margin-bottom:
1.667em; font-size: 15px; font-family: Helvetica;">DoD Spokesman Wesley Manheim said that it was all a matter of fairness.</div><div style="padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.667em; font-size: 15px; font-family: Helvetica;">“The DoD has been doing everything it can to prevent torture from being used against detainees at GTMO. By allowing the detainees to use the <a title="Veterans Affairs Hires 27,000 Additional Workers To Procrastinate, Collect Paycheck" href="http://www.duffelblog.com/2012/08/veterans-affairs-hires-27000-additional-workers-to-procrastinate-collect-paycheck/" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(164, 14, 14); text-decoration: initial;">Department of Veterans Affairs</a>, we hope to completely crush their souls with bureaucracy, which to be noted, is completely different from torture. I mean hell, the VA does that to our veterans on a daily basis.”</div><div style="padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px; margin: 0px; float:
left;"><iframe width="160px" height="600px" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: 160px; height: 600px; overflow: hidden; border-width: 0px;"></iframe></div><div style="padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.667em; font-size: 15px; font-family: Helvetica;"></div><div style="padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.667em; font-size: 15px; font-family: Helvetica;">When pressed as to how the detainees would be able to use the money, Manheim stated, “Mostly through online courses. Probably Phoenix College. Don’t worry, it’s not like they’ll be able to get a REAL degree.”</div><div style="padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.667em; font-size: 15px; font-family: Helvetica;">Eric K. Shinseki, head of the Department of Veteran Affairs, informed the Duffel Blog of the details of how the VA would handle the new claims. “Because most ‘guests’ at Guantanamo Bay have been there nearly a decade and there is no end in site for their
‘visit’, the Department of Veterans Affairs is ready to have their claims processed in <a title="Veterans Affairs Announces Claims Backlog Cleared, Technology Key Factor" href="http://www.duffelblog.com/2012/10/veterans-affairs-announces-claims-backlog-cleared-use-of-technology/" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(164, 14, 14); text-decoration: initial;">12-15 years</a> as per standard operating procedure.”</div><div style="padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.667em; font-size: 15px; font-family: Helvetica;">Secretary Shinseki also hinted at plans to award the tan beret of the Army Rangers to all GTMO Detainees. When asked the purpose of this, Shinseki commented that “if they’re going to represent the Army in the classroom, I want them to look sharp while doing it.”</div><div style="padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.667em; font-size: 15px; font-family: Helvetica;">Representatives of the <a href="http://www.75thrangers.com/" target="_blank" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(164, 14, 14); text-decoration: initial;">75th Ranger Regiment</a> released a response to Shinseki’s comments: “Seriously, FUCK that guy.”</div><div style="padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.667em; font-size: 15px; font-family: Helvetica;">Most prisoners have praised the DOD for its humanitarian efforts.</div><div style="padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.667em; font-size: 15px; font-family: Helvetica;">“Praise Allah,” said prisoner TK421, who plans on possibly pursuing a degree in Homeland Security from American Military University. He wrote a statement in Arabic to indicate his excitement.</div><div style="padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.667em; font-size: 15px; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: right;">“سوف أحضربرنامج الهندسة الكيميائية في ولاية إيلينوي وثم العودة إلى اليمن بلدي الأصلي لعمل الدراسات
العليا. في المستقبل وإنني أتطلع إلى زيارة أمريكا للمرة الأخيرة إن شاء الله.”</div><div style="padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.667em; font-size: 15px; font-family: Helvetica;">Although emotions surrounding this news have been mostly positive from the prisoners, the news has its naysayers. “This is bullshit!” cried prisoner SA15-2-12. “I filled out all of the forms like they said and mailed them to my regional office in Spokane, Washington. I was enrolled in school and they said it was fine if I didn’t pay up front. Now I’ve just been dropped from all my classes because my claim hasn’t been processed yet and the school hasn’t been paid! I’d rather be force-fed pork and be sprayed with a fire hose than wait for the VA to process my claim!”</div><div style="padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.667em; font-size: 15px; font-family: Helvetica;">The program will also be prorated just like
the Post 9/11 GI Bill, but based on an detainees’ time behind bars instead of active duty time for service members.</div><div style="padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.667em; font-size: 15px; font-family: Helvetica;">Sergeant Bryant Adams took a break from force feeding SA15-2-12 pork while simultaneously spraying him with a fire hose to speak to the Duffel Blog. A National Guard Military Policeman from Mississippi and guard at GTMO, Adams expressed concerns about the fairness of the program.</div><div style="padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.667em; font-size: 15px; font-family: Helvetica;">“It’s pretty fucked up if you ask me. This is my third goddamn deployment, one to shitty fucking Iraq and one to even shittier Afghanistan, and now I’m here guarding these stench covered nerf-herders and I’m only entitled to 80% of tuition and the monthly stipend because I only have two years on active duty orders! IQ19-8 in cell 523 has been rotting in here
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<div id="yiv1117806162"><div><div><69625_577726092254945_1403732511_n.jpg><br><br><div>Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares"</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom "Proud to be a Filthy Liberal Scum" Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size:medium;">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size:medium;"> </span></div><span style="font-size:medium;">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:medium;">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span style=""><br></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="">- John
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