Tuesday President Bush signed legislation authorizing tough interrogation of terror suspects which smooth the way for trials before military commissions. As of late, the debate over this bill has been hotter than it’s been in Cuba recently. Of course many democrats oppose the bill for a multitude of reasons. One reason is that it violates civil liberties by not allowing the detainee access to a lawyer during interrogation. You could argue that most of these individuals are not Americans to begin with and are captured over seas. They are world terror suspects, many of whom have admitted to the terrorist acts they participated in. The democrats and the ACLU will have you believe that is hearsay and means nothing. How wrong they are.

These detainees do not get tortured once captured. No one has one single fact to prove this. I suppose listening to the Red Hot Chili Peppers is torture for some, so you got me there. The truth is, their life is pretty nice down there in Cuba. They get very good 3 meals a day, not slop. These meals are specific to their diet. The military actually researches what food to serve on certain days such as religious holidays. They get complete medical care including full physicals and treatment for health problems. Many Americans without health insurance do not even get this treatment! They get quiet time for prayer. In fact, it is so quiet that military guards are asked to be silent during prayer times, not by the detainees, but by their superior officers. The military guards have been struck with some of the most vile bodily fluids by the detainees as they walk down the hallway of the holding cells. Yet, our guards respect the detainees by allowing them certain luxuries most inmates would die for in our regular prisons.

Rabbi Arthur Waskow, director of the Shalom Center, which is affiliated with the Washington Region Religious Campaign Against Torture (WRRCAT) which released a statement saying that the legislation "deeply shames America" and that members of the group were "prepared to commit acts of civil disobedience" in order to deliver a statement to the president.

I doubt that the Rabbi has actually been to Gitmo and seen first hand what goes on there. I also doubt he listens, reads, or watches the news to see how radical Islamic extremists such as the ones we have detained wish to blow Israel as well as the US off the face of the Earth. Yet, he is willing to commit acts of civil disobedience, which obviously, is may not be a very peaceful solution, especially for a Rabbi, to prove his point. What is his point?

“If anybody had said to me five years ago that the president of the United States would have demanded the power, the authority, to take Americans or others, citizens of other countries, into detention without access to lawyers for indefinite periods of time ... and to suspend habeas corpus, I would have said 'that's ludicrous-in the United States of America such things could not be done,'" said Waskow.

Perhaps he should have been around during the civil war when Lincoln suspended habeas corpus. I believe we would be in for a much worse situation than our civil war if we do not enact tougher legislation to protect American citizens. This bill does not in any way endanger the civil rights of American citizens. Once again, the left and the ACLU got it wrong. They got it wrong on the wiretapping. They got it wrong on the data mining. And now, again, they are getting it wrong on this bill. By allowing military trial, these detainees will be allowed a fair deal. In my opinion, the Geneva convention does not apply here as these men wear no uniform, represent no official country, and do not believe in the Geneva convention themselves, so why should we treat them as such? If anything this bill sends a message to terrorists worldwide that we will not allow you to harm our citizens here or abroad. If you have the opportunity to protect your family at all costs you do it. This bill will protect all American families and make America much safer in the long run. If the left is too blind to see this, then I suppose they should put out the welcome mat for all terrorists to come and commit devastating and destructive acts of terror which sole purpose is to end innocent life. There is no political correctness when dealing with someone who wishes to kill you.