Bastardization

I was appalled to read today's Boston Globe with a mention of how the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Guantanamo Bay detainees is being spun into "special privileges for terrorists." The Washington Post has more.

What the hell happened to those freedoms the terrorists hated? Following international law in just a handful of cases isn't anything too terrifying. This is coming on the backs of earlier reversals of the administration, which wanted to keep lawyers and evidence from U.S. citizens.

It was this sort of junk that led American colonialists to rebel against Britain, making these lands a beacon for freedom and basic human rights. Now, just a couple of centuries later, we Americans are flipping those ideals and ideas on their heads, then insulting anyone who supports them.

Some of the Gitmo detainees are undoubtedly bad people. Some of them are undoubtedly not bad people. It's up to a fair trial to determine, in a process that treats them as humans with some native rights. America is in a war of ideas, and the other side thinks we persecute Muslims unfairly. Isn't it a better idea to follow our nation's founding ideals, show the world a better method, and reduce the hatred for being a bunch of hypocritical bastards?