I read a few years ago that the Guantanamo prisoners were putting on weight. Little did I know:
Only in America would you find authorities trying to cope with terrorist detainees by over-feeding them. [We were offered a sample prisoner’s] lunch including…spiced meat patty, egg salad, tuna, yogurt, fresh dates, freshly baked bread, juice, and a down-home Middle Eastern dessert, which left us licking from our fingers the [baklava’s] honey and nuts…All told, they are offered a menu that provides 4,200 calories per day — more than the 3,800 allotted for a U.S. combat soldier in Iraq.
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We were told that one detainee, who apparently cleans his plate — or his styrofoam meal box — weighs 410 pounds…At risk of triggering a human-rights campaign for Guantanamo Lite, I have to wonder if there’s method to this menu. There’s something very disturbing about coddling terrorists, but in some ways this helps cut them down to size: Yep, it’s Al Qaeda… with a weight problem.