Double Standards II

You could call it a double standard. You could call it hypocrisy. Whichever you call it, I believe it to be wrong. We Americans believe in the rule of law but allow people to be held with no law. We believe in the right of a speedy trail but allow people to be held with no trail or disposition of their case, indefinitely. <a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/000010.html">Yes, I have talked about this before.</a><br />n<br />n<i>While I believe it would be wrong to hold these people indefinitely without any kind of hearing, granting them the same rights to lawyers and courts that American citizens have would not be the right way to handle it. This is one place the administration messed up in not providing for a way of handling these people before the courts had to step in and decide for them.</i><br />n<!–more–><br />nThe detainees at Guantanamo, while being held humanely, are not allowed the right to legal consul nor is their any hope that their internment will come to an end. Richard Cohen calls it <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30721-2004Jan20.html">Lawless in Guantanamo.</a> I have to agree with him and I&acirc;