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br> -- Roger Ross /p>

The Supreme Court's recent Boumediene v. Bush decision is absurd, but the consequences might be disastrous for the left. Since the Bush Administration already has released most of the Gitmo prisoners, the remainder is the worst of the worst. It therefore is likely that the civilian courts will examine all the remaining Gitmo cases and find that there is sufficient evidence to continue to detain every single one of them, without exception. This experience might teach the public an unforgettable lesson that the left's accusations that Gitmo holds a multitude of innocent victims has been a hysterical fantasy.

p>Since the civilian courts will have to make up all their procedures as they wade into this uncharted legal territory, it is likely that the civilian courts will entangle themselves in continual and embarrassing procedural thickets. The experience might teach the public an unforgettable lesson that the military can handle such cases much more effectively and rationally than civilian courts can. br> -- Mike Sylwester br> South Hackensack, New Jersey /p>

I agree. It's hard to imagine the Waffen SS captured in the Ardennes immediately being given defense attorneys and a trial date. It's also hard to picture FDR inviting the German-American Bund into the American fold as the current administration has done for the "Council on American-Islamic Relations".

p>Nor do I recall Nazism ever being termed a "religion of peace" by an American president. Failure to name the enemy and to declare total war on him has invited him to subvert the home front, and no one should claim surprise at the results. br> -- Bob Danielson /p> p> Those who think SCOTUS made a proper decision regarding terrorist "rights" should ask themselves a question: if it had been made on Sept. 12, 2001 instead of June 12, 2008, would you still be applauding it?

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