Review – The Road to Guantanamo

This docu-drama has an important point, but it does a weak job of making it. The American public should be outraged that our military and intelligence communities torture detainees. But the sense of anger I got here was actually less “torture is cruel” and more “why are they wasting tax dollars with torture this stupid on guys who have so little useful information to offer?” Furthermore, the victims themselves leave something to be desired in the martyr department. The torment they suffer seems pretty low key compared to what the American and British governments have proven themselves capable of dishing out in the past. And nagging constantly at the back of my mind was a serious question about how these innocent Pakistanis managed to get caught up in the war in Afghanistan. Their explanation seems weak. Now, having a weak explanation for your whereabouts shouldn’t subject you to years of illegal detention. But when the audience’s eyebrows raise in response to part of your story, it doesn’t help your case. Mildly amusing