Music used at Guantanamo is angers musicians. It seems that the U.S. military has been cranking up the volume of Western music to get more cooperation from uncooperative prisoners in the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Doesn’t it seem a bit ironic that musicians are objecting to this and referring to it as ‘torture’ for the terrorists there to have to listen to their music? I does to me. But that is the case.

Musicians are joining forces with leftist activists, objecting to the use of music, including their own, as a method of breaking the hard-core terrorists who are refusing to cooperate with the U.S. Naval run military prison officials. Bands involved in protesting the use of their music include R.E.M. Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor and Pearl Jam. They have joined the National Campaign to Close Guantanamo. The campaign launched on Tuesday. They have filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the release of classified documents pertaining to the use of loud music as part of interrogations.

I wonder why no one complained when Janet Reno used loud music as a method of irritation against the Branch Davidians (Americans) during the Waco Siege in 1993. Oh, that’s right, that was during the Clinton administration. No one complained about the rights of Americans or anyone else during those years.

The group of musicians and liberal activists perceive themselves as in support of Barack Obama’s pledge to close down Guantanamo Bay prisoner of war camp. He made the pledge throughout his campaign. However, throughout the first 10 months of his presidency, he hasn’t managed to make any progress in closing it down. It seems that Americans don’t want these enemy combatants on American soil. He can’t find anywhere in the United States that will host them. As with most things, Obama once again finds himself impotent and/or unwilling to act on the multitude of promises he made.

Thirty-five musical artists have had their music used to help break Guantanamo detainees. Some of those include the theme song from Sesame Street, the theme from Barney, Neil Diamond, Britney Spears, Tupac Shakur, Pink, Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC, Marilyn Manson, Eminem, Christina Aguilera, Don McLeanand and The Bee Gees.

I do find it interesting that the music used at Guantanamo angers musicians. Apparently, they view their own music as ‘torture’. Hey, at least they aren’t cutting off people’s heads with dull kitchen knives.