The Pendragon's Hall

I'm so proud of them. The Senate today voted to "strip rights" from terrorist prisoners in Guantanamo Bay by denying them the right to sue their captors in American courts. To Leftist newspapers like today's New York Times this is inconceivable. Interesting how rights only come into the picture when non-citizens accused of terrorism against the US and our allies are concerned. When citizens of the US, like our soldiers or civilian workers, are captured, the immediate response is: "Too bad. Now they're going to get tortured because we invaded Iraq." How about we apply this logic to terrorist prisoners? "Oh too bad. Now he doesn't get the beef steak because he shot unarmed women and children or hatched a plan to blow up the Golden Gate Bridge." Or how about, even, "He's getting the rough treatment because he and his 'brotherhood' have been taking pot-shots at our soldiers for months and now the soldiers get to fight back"? I am further impressed that RINO Lindsey Graham is the sponsor of this amendment to a military funding bill. The really good thing is, with the liberal Senate already approving, the conference committee probably won't kill it when it comes before the much more conservative House. The best thing about it all though is that this law comes to nullify a 2004 Supreme Court ruling that allows terrorists access to American lawyers. It's really about time somebody stood up to the judiciary and I'm proud to say it looks like it's going to be Congress.