The rights granted under our Constitution, and the Bill of Rights apply to persons born here, or who have spent the required time to become naturalized.
Those of us who are American by birth are the lucky ones, we are not required to do another damn thing to maintain that position, nor are we required to take periodic examinations to ensure we still know what it means to be an American.
Not that wouldn't be a bad idea.
Naturalized citizens must wait 5 years, take a test, and swear alligence, disavowing all ties to their former nation.
To have these rights just handed out, like Halloween candy, to a group of fanatics whose only puprpose for living is to kill all who do not believe as they do, well, we may as well tell them to come on in, and start sharpening the swords for them...
This will not stand..it is un-constitutional..un-American..and really pisses me off.
I share your anger over the involvement of the ACLU, Red Cross and other humanitarian groups that want to treat the terrorists better than they deserve.
But with the world wide media being so anti-American, we unfortunately can't take the proverbial gloves off (as much as we all want to, especially including Iraqikurd) and treat the terrorist as they deserve. There is evidence that the televised beheadings and murders by the terrorists is having a negative result, opposite that which the terrorist want.
This is as much a war of guns as it is for the hearts & minds of the Iraqis and Muslims. After WWII, we could have been hard nosed with the Germans & Japanese. But they would have been humiliated and possibly rise to power like they did after WWI. After WWII we did take those responsible for crimes to task and either imprisoned them or executed them. We, or at least the Iraqis will, and they won't show the same "mercy" we are. So in the end, they'll get theirs.
I know it is hard to stomach, but please bear with it. If Iraqikurd can, its the least that we can.>
I would really like to see those who exposed the CIA prisons be indicted and jailed.