Inhofe: The Biggest Problem Facing Gitmo Detainees Is Obesity (AUDIO)

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
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Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) suggests that the biggest problem facing Guantanamo Bay detainees is obesity, “cause these guys have never eaten so well in their lives!”

Appearing on G. Gordon Liddy’s radio show on Friday, Inhofe declared that President Obama should not close Guantanamo because “it’s a state-of-the-art kind of a facility. There’s nothing that is better than, I mean, there’s no incarceration facility anywhere in the world that’s run better than Gitmo is.”

“You know their biggest problem they have there, G. Gordon?” he asked. “It’s obesity. ‘Cause these guys have never eaten so well in their lives!”

He added that the U.S. should just try detainees at Guantanamo Bay, but “if we have to leave them there for the rest of their lives, that’s fine. Either that or execute them.”

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