What these Americans don't understand is that many of the enemy combatants are innocent (some being turned over to US authorities by people more interested in receiving the bounty money). One of our cherished values of this country is that people would have the right to a speedy and fair trial. Well, we see how Bush has trashed that part of the US Constitution.

The worst part is that some of these enemy combatants ARE truly evil and should be locked up, but because the Bushies just chucked them away in these places, I don't think a whole lot of basic police investigation went on to support their case (remember in America, you're innocent until proven guilty- but the Bushies have gotten around this by sticking the enemy combatants offshore and not giving them any legal rights). So while many may be guilty, the government doesn't have much of a case against them so they'll probably go free. Oh and by the way good luck introducing into evidence any statements or confessions the enemy combatants gave… under torture.

That's why we need to get back to being a country which believes and follows the rule of law. And I purposely say that in a broad context because many ordinary citizens just don't care what happens to the innocents which were caught up in this dragnet. Someday it might be them who are caught up as an innocent and thrown behind bars for good and without recourse….

I'm all for locking up terrorists so they can't harm us, but who is out there speaking for the innocent folks who have been locked up for years? Not many people…