The Real Price of Freedom
This entry was in response to an article written on September 20th, 2007 in The Economist reguarding the issue of human rights of suspected terrorists, especially on the topic of torture. Upon reading the entry, my opinion on the issue will become very clear.
To the author of The Real Price of Freedom,Your article, though very well written, is somewhat contradictory. You speak of wanting freedom, yet you’re against the measures being taken to ensure this freedom. If not this, what do you propose? Is the saftey of our country inferIor to the “rights” of these “suspected terrorists”? I understand your opinion on the harshness of the treatment of those suspected, by with the known history concerning these terrorist groups, are you really willing to take that chance? Would you allow a suspected pedophile to sleep in the same bed as your young daughter? Terrorits are not going to give up this information willingly. These suspects are suspects for a reason. They didn’t pick a random person off of the streets and decide he was “suspicious”. Oviously, they are affiliated with suspicious behavior. Are you going to kindly question this suspect while a “ticking bomb” is just waiting to explose? We don’t have time for that! This is war. Cold War, World War, War on Terror. They all have one thing in common, the threat of our lives and freedom as a nation. So why not violate the rights of a “suspect”. They aren’t tagged as suspects for no reason. It may be harsh and opinionated, but isn’t that what America is all about.
