Posted by
rick on Thursday, September 14, 2006 10:07:27 PM
Can you remember when the first 'detainees' began arriving at Guantanamo Bay? Do you also remember how some immediately began lecturing the rest of us that "...these people practice a "deviant" form of Islam and are not to be confused as the everyday beleivers of that religion.." While i'm certain that is true why then the angst over said detainees ability to practice their religion? And why the pretend soul-searching over their "rights"? During WWII and the Korean War ,POW's ,(the honorable of those captured on the battlelfield, and not to be confused with the hellhounds in Gitmo), were kept confined long-term until the cessation of hostilities and who had, as far as i can find, no built-in faction in the USA serving as their spokespersons in the least, and as their benefactors at worst (or best if your pont of view is from the Left). And i won't mention Amnesty International or the U.N. who apparently never even heard of jailing people on the island of Cuba until we built a rather light and airy outdoor penitentiary for those who would harm us all! The President and Republican leaders in Congress must continue to push aggresively for Military Tribunals under the full light of a just-begining campaign season and let us all see who wants to see a 12th-Century minded individual with 21st Century military capabilities stand up and defend himself befor a panel of US Military officers and who does'nt......rick