Wednesday, November 16, 2005

the Graham amendment

Graham Amendment
good article about the myths of the graham amendment. Im not sure if all of the myths that they debunk are actually believed by people, are there people so gulible to think that we are trying to give prisoners abroad greater rights than citizens? No we are trying to make it so that we follow international law and basic decency. We want to make it illegal for the US to hold people without a trial. Habeus Corpus does not set a person free it gives them the right to a trial. All these people are hoping for is their day in court. If they spend many years in jail for a crime thats one thing, but to be in jail for four years and never see a court room and never even be charged with a crime is simply wrong. This is what creates the terrorist mindset, it is actions like these that are making the world more dangerous everyday. It also sets a very bad president around the world. If other nations began holding our soldiers as criminals without a trial and torturing them for information then they now have justification. Who are we to persicute others for torture untill we condem it ourselves.
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1114-23.htm
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111405I.shtml

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