I Make It Rain; Get An Unbrella

During a recent dinner conversation, my father stated that we are

“trying to follow rules for people that don’t follow rules.”

I felt that this very acurately portrayed my feelings on the issue. We are walking on tiptoes so as to be politically correct while we are dealing with the scum of the global community. Its like rewarding your child for attempting to hit you out of rage, it just doesnt make sense. If people are threatening our safety, we need to detain them and put them at risk so as to prevent them from harming us. It is simple phsychology really.

    I also asked my parents how the felt that this related to Japanese internment, and my mother had this to say:

I found that while these two topics have similar foundations, the details are different. Primarily, we are doing this on a much smaller scale that we did with Japanese internment. We also have basis for those whom we detain.”

  I beleive that as long as we have reason to do this and aslong as those whom are detained are being treated well, and not abused, we have every right to continue this process untill all suspects can be released without risk to the american people. 

Victoria said

It’s situations like this where phrases like “proud to be an American” never come to mind.

I strongly disagree. America is a great country, and like everyone else, we make mistakes, and we will continue to. I think that this was an unfair and extreme comment. No matter what America does, unless it is something terrible like purification, I will always be proud to be an American.  It doesn’t matter how you view the holding of terror suspects, every American should still stand strong behind their country.  Holding people without a set date for trial may violate their constitutional rights, but at the end of the day, they aren’t American citizens, so they aren’t subject to our constitutional rights. Our country has done something neither morally or ethically wrong. We are simply protecting our right to not live in a constant state of fear.
 

     I believe that the United States government is acting responsible when holding terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay without a set date for a trial.  While some may say that it violates their fifth amendment, I am not one to let my constitutional right to life be threatened because it might be a political hotspot.  I am a strong believer that the government is there to protect us from potential harm and that they wouldn’t take any unnecessary actions that could cause harm to innocent citizens. With that belief in mind, I think that if someone is detained in Guantanamo Bay, they must be there for a reason, and that it is fine that they stay there (as long as they aren’t being abused or tortured) until the government has the ability to prove  their guilt or innocence. If you were to let them wander free during this crucial time, they might wreak havoc on the people of the United States, and frankly, I don’t think that it would be a responsible move to let a potential terrorist walk free when you have the ability to detain him or her and to prevent them from causing harm.  If the government happens to be incorrect in their presumption that the detainee is in fact a terrorist, compensation and a major apology in a press release may be in order, but let’s face it, the government doesn’t just detain people in Guantanamo Bay for fun. The detainees are there for a reason.
     While

“The Court’s Duty in both peace and war [is] to preserve the constitutional safe-guards of civil liberty, ~Hamdan artical”

it is also imperative that the government protect its people from potential devastation.  In cases such as these, I find it essential that the safety of the citizens of these United States be put above the civil rights of those whom pose likely threat.  Some may say that this is controversial and that the government can’t do that because it will give us a bad reputation, but quite honestly, when it comes to national safety, no price is too high to pay for the security of the people.