Path paved with good intentions

But while the 5-3 decision on the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay may have thrown the president off his stride, his Senate allies soon showed they were prepared to leap hurdles to support him.

BBC NEWS | Americas | Court opens new front in War on Terror

It seems its an always never ending cycle of good intentions meant to provide us with a safe and secure life.  Remember security is the operative word here.  These people are always trying to make things safer, but do they not see that freedom is at stake?  Yes I do, these are the kinds of people that feel that freedom is a word and idea to toss around at their election campaign speeches.  Or when our men die far from home for something that doesn't matter to them, since it is freedom that is a direct threat to security.

Men with power always seek to sustain that power, even at greater and greater costs.  Looking at the images of Guantanamo only reminds me of our past treatment of other undesirables and suspicious characters.  Not that I'm saying these people are innocent and should be freed, but that we should uphold both our freedom and do the same for others, irregardless of where they come from.  We should have the sense that all humans deserve the freedom we say we have, and stop being the hypocrites we have become.

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