Dear Sarah:
In your speech the other day, you said:
Al Qaeda terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America ... he's worried that someone won't read them their rights?
It sounds like you don't agree with the recent decision of the Supreme Court to grant Guantamano and other detainees the ability to challenge their detention?
I'm curious...
Who appointed the majority of these judges?
Which terrorists are you referring to?
How do you know they are terrorists?
Are all the detainees terrorists?
How do you know?
How long can someone be detained without due process?
Should there be different standards for different types of suspects?
If so, who would set those standards?
Should there be any standards to protect the innocent?
What is the difference between an enemy combatant and a terrorist?
Are both a threat to national security?
What makes someone a threat to national security?
Are there any other types of offenders, or suspected offenders, that do not deserve equal access to our system of law?
Do you consider waterbording to be torture?
What does it mean to be a nation of laws?
Do we have the right to decide which laws we will respect?
Do we have the right to decide when we will respect them?
Is there anything about the detention practices, and the administrators of those practices that you would like to reform?
This got me thinking...
John McCain was shot down during a bombing run on a power plant during the Vietnam War. To his captors, I guess he was an "enemy combatant".
Do you think he was tortured?
How do you feel about his captors?
We often say today that we are fighting 2 wars?
Are we at war?
Your son is soon to be deploying to Iraq.
What if he is captured?
How should he be treated?
What if he is harmed?
How would you feel about his captors?
Yours truly...