Quote Originally Posted by THClord
Guys, we have innocent until proven guilty here, and I preferred if it stayed that way.

I'd rather let 1000 "terrorists" get away without punishment, than 100 innocent people rot there for life. It's not like those who get away won't get on all sorts of government watchlists anyways.
You're ignoring the fact that these people do not fall under the rules of habeas corpus.. and are not Americans for the most part.

Everyone seems to ignore that Bush's approval ratings at the time of 9/11 and going to afghanistan in 2001 was up between 85-90%. People further ignore the fact that Bush's approval rating was between 70-75% in 2003.. even at the capture of Saddam at the end of 2003/ beginning of 2004 was between 50-55%.

We as Americans need to take responsibility for ourselves. We need to at least take as much responsibility as we are finger pointing.

These people are classified as enemy combatants and are in a United States prison Camp. To me this shouts POW... which has it's own set of rules.

What you're suggesting.. we might as well extend rights to anyone who is not a citizen of the US.. Let's just walk into Al Queda's headquarters and just tell them they have rights under our laws..

sure they have a history of bombing embassies and terrorizing us.. Sure they have video tapes announcing attacks and taking credit for attacks against the US, but let's go ahead and give them rights that will further drain even MORE money out of us.

We've gone into major debt over this war.. we're paying inflated prices for oil which in turn effects the cost of everything: gas, food, clothing, luxuries, airline costs, delivery services costs etc etc... We have a candidate, Obama, who wants to increase income tax anywhere from 3-5% for his universal healthcare plan when 70% of americans are already recieving healthcare from their employers (which generally are blanket policies.. meaning you get covered regardless)... on top of that you want to throw away more of our money on enemy combatants who can just drag out the cases in our legal system.

Sorry but you don't have me sold at all. :wtf:

AND the tribunals offered to US citizens were not due process. They were more like some communist law process. Many US citizens were stuck there without a fair trial too.
What tribunals are you referring to. Be more specific.

I agree they need better due process, but not under our laws or at the cost of the United States. It should be handled differently all together.