Subscribe!It is very frustrating to hear the President speak. He continues to employ a tactic of fearmongering and outright lies in an attempt to take power from the other branches of government. Congress is already nothing more than a Roman Senate to Emperor Bush. The Supreme Court did act in the right direction today, but they could have done more.
In responding to the decision, Bush immediately began saying things such as "I'm not going to jeopardize the safety of the American people.", "...this ruling, as I understand it, won't cause killers to be put out on the street.", and "To the extent there is latitude to work with the Congress to determine whether or not the military tribunals will be an avenue in which to give people their day in court..." That's right, he's illegally detaining hundreds of innocent college students and farmers in order to protect us. He has no interest in giving these people a day in court. If that were the case, why weren't they offered habeas corpus when they were first arrrested? Why weren't they offered trials in accordance to the Geneva Conventions? Why can't they see the "evidence" against them? The answer, of course, is Bush has no interest in following the law. The evidence against these people is "classified", likely because it's so weak a toddler could see no cause to keep them in prison.
The absolute most infuriating thing to hear, though, was this comment. "I understand we're in a war on terror, that these people were picked up off of a battlefield." What a load of BS! The Report on Guantanamo Detainees by Prof. Mark Denbeaux at Seton Hall University points out that only 5% of detainees were captured by US forces, and 86% were handed over to the US by either Pakistan or the Northern Alliance. Not to be forgotten, the detainees turned over to the US were handed over at a time when the US was offering large bounties for capture of suspected enemies. No doubt many of the men in custody are there because of a corrupt individual seeing US money waved in front of him. Either Bush has his head in the sand or he has no problem spreading fear through lies. And if these people were picked up on a battlefield, then there is no debate that the Geneva Conventions apply. Which is it, Mr. Bush? It's time to come clean. You've already cost hundreds of innocent men five years of their life. The only thing you're accomplishing now is instilling more hatred against the United States. You don't want to jeopardize our safety? That's exactly what you're doing.
