4/29/2010

My Guantanamo Diary is such a powerful book. For years and years I viewed Arabs in a bad light due to the Bush Administrations anti arab jargin. I have to admit that I was very fond of the Bush Administration; President Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld and so on because I grew up with them in power. I still admire Bush even though his Iraq war is disputed however, I believe that history will tell, and that we cannot judge something which history has not taken its course over. Joe Biden, Obama's vice president actually sees the war as a positive thing because of the establishment of a democratic Iraq. However I just cannot stomach the vile anti- American sentiment that Guantanamo Bay brings. I think that it is absolutely terrible for the long arm of lady justice to not extend to people most in need of it; Guantanamo detainees. The American justice system should be implemented in Guantanamo, and I absolutely believe that we own detainees a fair trial because as the book is arguing, not all of the men in Guantanamo are the "worst of the worst" like Donald Rumsfeld said. In fact, there are many innocent men in need of fair trial yet the Defense Department is trying everything in its power to not have that happen. I am glad that national security is of such importance to the Defense Department, and I do believe in maintaining national security since 9/11, so I am not totally averse to Defense policy. However America is defined by its system of justice, and I believe that all should be protected by lady justice; Guantanamo detainees and terrorists along with Americans.