Wednesday, September 27, 2006

A new take on Bush's Prisoner Plans

The Smirking Chimp has a wonderful post concerning Bush and the treatment of prisoners.

Exerpt from George Bush vs. the Gospel of Matthew:
According to the gospel of Matthew, it came to pass that Pontius Pilate said to Jesus, "Do you not hear all this evidence that is brought against you?" for even in those days of rudimentary justice a man had the right to hear the charges of his accusers. Yet two thousand years later, under a bill urged by President Bush, a compliant Congress may agree to allow a prisoner of war to be tried without hearing all the evidence against him, some being held back in the name of "national security." For what is more important, the life of one individual or the security of the State? Every totalitarian regime knows the answer to that. And so prisoners may be put to death, perhaps on false charges, without even knowing what wrong they are accused of.