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Simon	Jan 23 2009, 08:28 PM
The strongest among you may not wear a crown Posts: 3,318 Group: Veteran Member #885 Joined: August 19, 2006	Advocate story lead President Barack Obama began overhauling U.S. treatment of terror suspects Thursday, signing orders to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, review military war crimes trials and ban the harshest interrogation methods. Time for the FEFF Panel (consisting of whoever feels like discussing) to weigh in. What's your stance on the closing of Guantanamo Bay? I am in favor of this move because I believe the United States cannot hope to proclaim itself a protector of liberty with secret prisons scattered across the globe like this. I understand that in a war like this one it may seem prudent to use such interrogation methods, and it is true that foreign prisoners of war are not United States citizens; however, the Constitution itself was written in the spirit of providing basic liberties to all of humanity, regardless of what they have done, and we cannot flout the basic ideals we as a nation strive to uphold. Torture is simply not something I can feel comfortable with knowing my nation's protectors are using, even if it is done in the interest of saving my life. I may be alone on the forum in this particular stance, I don't know -- but I would rather die than have the Constitution violated. I don't stand alone in that belief, either -- every soldier in the military lays down his or her life in order to protect and uphold the Constitution. Even if it means dying because a known terrorist would not reveal plans of an upcoming attack through ethical interrogation, too many people have died in past wars for our own nation to be ignoring the basic tenets on which it was founded. Just my $.02, feel free to chime in.
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