Prisoner Rights

My husband Bob has an uncle who was a POW (prisoner of war) during WWII. He was held somewhere in France. The family story is that Uncle Paul never spoke of his experiences upon his release.

The Geneva Convention held in the late 1940s set up prisoner expectations of treatment. The US agreed to these specifics and have worked to live up to that agreement.

Yesterday the Supreme Court ruled that our prisoners have rights under our constitution. Many of us are scratching our heads trying to understand such foolishness. Our enemies under our control are treated better than the Geneva Convention basics.

The few prisoners we have released have returned to the battle fields in the Middle East and killed allied troops. It's in the world's interest not to release these enemies.

I know we will all live to regret this court ruling. Here lies the importance of this presidential election. It's not only the war and the economy, it's the Supreme Court seats that will likely open up over the next 4 or 5 years.

'til later