"High court: Military trials for Gitmo detainees illegal"
Well, this Stars & Stripes headline has it almost correct. ABC News is a little closer. What it all comes down to is not that military trials are illegal, but Bush's phony trials are a sham. Anyone that supports them as legal is either A) a liar; B) a fool; or C) a scary individual that should not be in polite society.
Extreme view? How would you like to be held in prison for years without being charged with a crime? How would you like to go through a trial without knowing what evidence is being used against you? How would you like to be tried and convicted without being able to defend yourself? How would you like to be charged for violated a "law" that was made up a year after you were arrested? How would you like to be told that although two years ago the Secretary of Defense said you were being held as a terrorist, this year he said that you could not be released because you would face persecution in your home country? Is prison life, with no rights, better than going home?
"But we have to protect our country!!!!" Quit your whining and either a) vote for someone that actually has a clue about what we need; b) join the Army or Marines and actually be sent into harms way; or c) Have a memory that is more than 10 minutes long. And don't use the "but, we are at war" line on me. We are NOT at war. War must be declared by Congress, which they haven't done. The last war that we were in was WWII. If you want a war, declare one legally. Bush depends on the ignorance (lack of knowledge) of the average voter to get his way.
Here's some reality about the Military Tribunals: They could work. The only thing that you need to do is provide the rights to the individual that are already on the books. Wow, you mean that we don't need to create new laws or rules?!?!?! Of course, if we did that the voters might look at the deteriorating state of the country and vote some politicians out of office.
NOTE FOR POLITICIANS: Don't waste the American public's time with senseless debates over flag burning (1st Amendment) and Gay Marriage (Human rights) when you could do something productive like improve health care, address the sagging economy, or get rid of "No child left behind." And for those of you that say that gay marriage is not a human rights issue understand this: The CONSTITUTION of the United States states that every state will give full faith and credit to the laws of other states. It is one of the little items that holds our country together. Telling one state that it can ignore the laws of another is the path that leads to the destruction of our union. SO LEAVE MY CONSTITUTION (and country) ALONE.
Extreme view? How would you like to be held in prison for years without being charged with a crime? How would you like to go through a trial without knowing what evidence is being used against you? How would you like to be tried and convicted without being able to defend yourself? How would you like to be charged for violated a "law" that was made up a year after you were arrested? How would you like to be told that although two years ago the Secretary of Defense said you were being held as a terrorist, this year he said that you could not be released because you would face persecution in your home country? Is prison life, with no rights, better than going home?
"But we have to protect our country!!!!" Quit your whining and either a) vote for someone that actually has a clue about what we need; b) join the Army or Marines and actually be sent into harms way; or c) Have a memory that is more than 10 minutes long. And don't use the "but, we are at war" line on me. We are NOT at war. War must be declared by Congress, which they haven't done. The last war that we were in was WWII. If you want a war, declare one legally. Bush depends on the ignorance (lack of knowledge) of the average voter to get his way.
Here's some reality about the Military Tribunals: They could work. The only thing that you need to do is provide the rights to the individual that are already on the books. Wow, you mean that we don't need to create new laws or rules?!?!?! Of course, if we did that the voters might look at the deteriorating state of the country and vote some politicians out of office.
NOTE FOR POLITICIANS: Don't waste the American public's time with senseless debates over flag burning (1st Amendment) and Gay Marriage (Human rights) when you could do something productive like improve health care, address the sagging economy, or get rid of "No child left behind." And for those of you that say that gay marriage is not a human rights issue understand this: The CONSTITUTION of the United States states that every state will give full faith and credit to the laws of other states. It is one of the little items that holds our country together. Telling one state that it can ignore the laws of another is the path that leads to the destruction of our union. SO LEAVE MY CONSTITUTION (and country) ALONE.
posted by Zanla | 9:16 AM
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