Barney the Purple Dinosaur Used Against Terrorists

Yes, our military has used Barney’s singing as a tool against terrorists!  U.S. military interrogators have blasted music at detainees as part of the interrogation process.  One tune in the music library is that absolutely horrible “I Love You” song that apparently was the cause of dinosaurs going extinct.

If you locked me up and made me listen to that I would probably knuckle under to the pressure.  I would rather be subjected to water-boarding!  Well, almost.

As the parent of three children under the age of five, I long ago declared the home to be a “Barney Free Zone”.  I am sure I am not the only parent to have ever done this.

In all seriousness, though, it is not right to have prisoners and not treat them humanely because you refer to them as detainees.  If we really were fighting a legitimate war, they would have Geneva Convention protections.  Also, U.S. citizens being held would be allowed to adjudicate their cases in U.S. courts, as required by the Constitution.  If not, we are on a slippery slope to secret police arresting people without charges, leaving family and friends to wonder why they disappeared.  Think it would never happen here?  Think again.  A right to a trial is a serious thing.

For information on other songs used follow the link to see the FoxNews story about this here.