Wtf?!

[Fluffy Frufflebottoms]

Dont get your head stuck around our country's way of handling criminals. As i stated once before the Law Of War and Geneva convention give strict and very clear rules when handling someone of that status. if some one commits a crime in the states it is handled by the judicial system, if someone commits an act of war or terrorism, they are handled under the Law of war.

And we're right back to the issue of legislating a perpetual war against a concept. "Terrorism" according to the federal government doesn't just mean people shooting at soldiers half-way around the world, it means people suspected of perhaps participating peripherally in the support of those people right here in this country, and the federal government has a history of detaining indefinitely and without charge people who have been proven entirely innocent of what they were suspected of. That isn't war. That's domestic terrorism prosecuted under the guise of war to sidestep the rights enacted to protect the population.

Its not hard to understand, really. It almost sounds as if your defending citizens who ARE currently involved in some terrorist activity by showing no trust in the people who live an die for your freedom. To fear a bill like this only means you do not have a clear understanding of how 1. the military works, 2. What the Law of war is, and 3. you feel like a possible target for god knows why.

On the contrary, Mikey. You're fundamentally misunderstanding what the United States is when you advocate broad legislation based on faith in the empowered branches and agencies to conduct themselves appropriately. The legislative foundation of this country is to limit granted powers to the greatest extent possible, provide independent oversight wherever possible, and to do so only within the confines of the constitution. For a very good reason.