2006-10-31 17:13:12 · 6 answers · asked by Shy101 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Firstly USA has no right to hold anyone outside their own boundry, doing so breaks all international laws, but at present no conuntry is putting pressure on USA, which country can.
Can China hold you in other country other their own, NO, so why should USA be the one, does the whole world belong to them, as Bush claims.
2006-10-31 17:20:19 · answer #1 · answered by ashok kumar 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
How do you know a person is a terrorist if a trial hasn't been held, evidence presented and a chance for the accused to defend himself? You do realize that many men held in Guantanamo were sold - for money - to the Americans by tribal leaders without any evidence they had done anything remotely wrong? Some poor young sheep herder looked at the chief's daughter one day and the next he's accused of being Bin Laden's right-hand man! I'm sure he told them anything they wanted to hear while they were water-boarding him or flushing his Koran down the toilet.
The most hideous aspect of this debate is that isn't America supposed to stand for democracy and justice (to the point where we're forcing down countries' throats), yet we don't play by our own rules? I'm all for arresting, trying in a JUST court of law and punishing criminals who threaten my country, but to torture and incarcerate anyone without proof is completely and totally against what America stands for!!
WHY ISN'T THERE MORE OUTRAGE? Wake up Americans, if the government can do this to them, why do you think they won't do it TO YOU?
2006-11-01 01:42:56 · answer #2 · answered by Mama Gretch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, human rights should be granted to all, especially since those held in custody are more than likely only alleged to be terrorists. Otherwise precedent would be set for the state to freely allege people of being terrorists and thereby deprive them of any and all of their rights, as American citizens or simply as human beings.
2006-11-01 01:25:04 · answer #3 · answered by yaremah 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Since the rule of law is supposed to apply to everyone within any democracy, why not apply those principles to those accused of terrorism, wherever they are (although another democratic nation is the ideal other 'wherever')? They can have their day in court, just like anyone accused and then charged of a crime on US soil. While there are some countries that don't believe in this, there is no reason other countries, like the US, can't show it deserves to take the moral high ground--simply by being more civilized than those other nations.
2006-11-01 01:33:06 · answer #4 · answered by tiko 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Once they start wearing uniforms and fight according to the rules of war, then maybe. But until then they should be shot on sight. Do people not remember 9/11, do you really want to protect these "people" that killed 3,000 of your fellow citizens.
2006-11-01 19:05:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. The internationally recognized tradition is that only soldiers have any rights in war. 'Spies and Saboteurs' can be freely tortured or executed when they are caught.
The Geneva Conventions formalize this understanding, only offering protection to those who fight in uniform and agree to the convention terms.
2006-11-01 01:16:58 · answer #6 · answered by speakeasy 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋