Message #21206

[andream]

Dearest Lemmie! you are a mind reader.  I know this is a hot topic, but the more I hear about the conditions, the lack of due process and the general way these prisoners are being held, the more I believe it violates the very ideals of the US justice system.  This will not make me popular.
I'm fully aware that the events of Sept. 11th were horrible, I had direct family impact in the form of an Uncle who was in the Pentagon building.  But I begin to wonder when two "wrongs" suddenly added up to a "right."

I Agree with the initial thoughts that the prisoners needed to be held in a very secure facility to prevent yet another attack meant to either free them, or to as some have speculated kill them so they die the martyrs deaths many of them had intended for themselves.  I agree that extra precautions needed to be taken to protect the American public.  But Cuba? Without hearings in many cases? Doesn't this somehow violate the very tennants we're trying to protect as a people? Somehow, it just doesn't feel right to me....