First of all, torture is wrong and a bad idea under any circumstances.  It jeopardizes the treatment of American POW's everywhere, and is a good recruiting tool to spawn new generations of terrorists.

With that said, this isn't a good comparison.

The Bush/Cheney camp have argued that because of the nature of this war, these detainees are no longer civilians, but in fact prisoner's of war.

Unless I'm not mistaken, this man is not associated with any group that the United States is at war with.

You also need to consider the man's citizenship.  The government (apparently) has some leeway in how they treat the citizens of foreign countries, but when it comes to dealing with American citizens, terrorist or not, it's more difficult to deny them due process, and certainly difficult to avoid an eighth ammendment lawsuit concerning cruel and unusual punishment.

Another thing to consider is, he may not be considered a threat to national security.  Just a threat to abortionists.

I'm thinking like a lawyer right now.  Keep that in mind.  All I'm saying is your comparison is weak.  Easily deflected and obviously emotionally driven.

by BJ2727 on 06/10/2009 01:13:55 PM EST