But I Thought Guantanamo was Horrible and Cruel?
Miss Universe, Dayana Mendoza, recently wrote in her blog/journal that she had a wonderful time at Guantanamo with the U.S. troops. She loved it so much that she didn’t want to leave, exclaiming how calm, peaceful and serene it was and how magnificent the beaches and people were.
This goes against everything that the media has reported and everything the left wants us to think about this place. Why is it that when people who actually experience it first hand say otherwise? I will trust those who have gone to the real Gitmo and report back rather than some made-up story for political purposes.
Out of anyone, I would think a Venezuelan would know what is cruel and what is not, especially having to live under a dictator like Hugo Chavez. Maybe that’s why so many Russians, Venezuelans and Cubans that I meet are republicans…
A “relaxing, calm, beautiful place” may not be everyone’s description of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the United States holds about 240 prisoners in a detention center that has drawn condemnation from around the world.
But this was the opinion of reigning Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela, who visited the U.S. naval facility in eastern Cuba this month on a trip organized by the United Service Organizations (USO) which supports U.S. troops.
The Guantanamo Bay base, whose presence Cuba’s government has contested as illegal for years, is used by U.S. authorities as a prison camp for foreign terrorism suspects. Critics have condemned it as a symbol of abuses in Washington’s war on terrorism launched after the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Caracas-born Mendoza, 22, who visited the facility March 20-25 along with Miss USA Crystle Stewart, 27, enthused about her Guantanamo trip as an “incredible experience” in a blog entry posted on the Miss Universe website dated March 27, 2009 (http://www.missuniverse.com/missuniverse/blog.php).
