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I can’t tell you what dude was trying to say, on account of not being a mind reader.
But each of them were jailed for acts against the states that imprisoned them (one espionage, one enemy combatant). That is the relevant point of comparability: treatment of a foreign enemy.
The pictures show the contrast in how those states treat their prisoners. One leaves their prisoner healthy, and the other leaves theirs starved.
The point couldn’t be clearer.
You ever stand behind a couple of geezers in line somewhere and they start talking about some random stuff? They didn’t know each other. They were just bored.