CLOSE GUANTANAMO!

Respect is earned by the example one sets and the respect given to others. This fine country of ours is woefully lacking in both of these areas. Yet, despite this, there are those among us who would further the hypocrisy by denying the Guantanamo detainees a speedy, civil trial. As Beretta liked to say, 'if you can't do the time, don't do the crime!'. This adage applies equally to BOTH sides of Guantanamo's prison bars.
That the Bush administration and his cronies that survived the carnage would like this whole mess to get swept under the Defense Department rug is still painfully blatant. That the detainees have been at Guantanamo far too long and been treated unconstitutionally, regardless of 9/11, is yet another National disgrace!
PEOPLE! How to we expect anyone to have ANY regard for our Constitution and value systems IF WE DON'T LIVE BY THEM OURSELVES? HUH? And I don't even want to go to the illegal torture, humiliation, degradation and religious disregard suffered by these detainees! President Bush made a statement when he allowed this outrageous behavior at Guantanamo. To me, the pictures said this: 'I have never personally served in the Military, therefore, even though I'm President, I don't CARE that my actions may cause FUTURE U.S. SERVICE PERSONNEL detained as p.o.w.'s to suffer the same fate!
Never mind the Geneva Convention! Or the U.S. Constitution! Or morals! What kind of man allows people wearing the U.S. insignia on their uniforms to perform these heinous acts in the name of justice? I'll let you answer that one for yourselves!
But it is a new day, a new President and hopefully, a new era in the interpretation of the Constitution and what it is supposed to represent to ALL OF HUMANITY, not just us 'citizens'.
If we do not correct the errors made at Guantanamo and resolve this issue as speedily and judiciously as possible, the damage might never be undone! AND YET AGAIN, I have to say: NO MORE CLOSED DOORS! Show the rest of the global community WE can adhere to our own laws and be fair! Otherwise, don't scoff if the rest of the world hocks one big luggie on that sacred piece of paper!