(Thanks, G. :)

I'm not sure the brown elements are wood - note the disks (or spinning propellers?), one each above the two main vertical elements.

Reader Gordon writes:

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Hobie,

I think everyone missed the import of this image. Zoom up on the image and notice how all the faces of the soldiers are blurred out. Why would anyone do that unless they were trying to hide their identities.

Obviously, the flag is not the subject and neither are the soldiers with blurred out faces. So what is the subject in this image.

It is dark out, except for the artificial lighting and the only other visible item is wood the platform behind them. Apparently, that is the subject.

But what is so special about that platform. The only thing special about it is it's function. It is likely a platform for a gallows. The image is likely the execution gallows at GITMO.

In that context, everything else makes sense... and there is real import to the message... Pain, pain, pain is coming for those who have committed treason and high crimes against the Republic. This is not a joke!

Gordon

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