Conservatives Flat Out Hate Other People

A 5-4 decision today from the Supreme Court allowed prisoners at Guantanamo Bay to be humans. As a result of this ruling, they may appeal their cases to U.S. civilian courts. Basically, if they want to prove their innocence, they can try.

Now what was that in the Constitution about innocence? Oh yeah, you are until proven guilty.

Now, I understand that government's role is to protect the country. But, if you do not uphold the basic standards of our country, what are you protecting? If you want to claim that you are protecting freedom, you have to allow freedom. The right to a fair trial is a basic freedom that is far less debatable than many others.

However, four Supreme Court Justices and our President disagree. They believe that it does not matter whether you are free, it matters that conservative policy rules. The conservative justices and the President rail against this decision in the name of national security but, they are really just trying to protect their policy. What they forget is what caused the United States to become the target of terrorists in the first place. That is, mistreatment of people.

There is no way to justify terrorism, but if you really want to stop it, stop the cause. They attack us because we attack them. They attack because we occupy their land and run military bases on their land. But, wouldn't we do the same thing? Would we not be upset if our people were mistreated by an enemy and not allowed their chance to give their story? Would we not be upset if our soldiers were subjected to torture? Would you not be upset if you were not allowed to prove your own innocence?

The truth is, our leaders and soldiers are viewed as terrorists by some people. Terrorism is really a subjective term. Personally, I do not believe that our President or our soldiers are terrorists. But, that is the perception of some and we should work to fix it.

Not working to silence people.

Bottom Line? If our only goal were to save lives, our foreign policy would be about diplomacy and understand. Force is the last option and only needed for defense. The Bush Administration has allowed 7,000 Americans to die as a result of terrorism and war. So, I have a hard time believing the administration of their judicial appointees when discussing ways to save lives.

Rabbit