Wanna Trade? I'll Give Ya Safety For Freedom, Your Choice.

Well Congress is trying to do it now. In the next defense budget, they want all terrorists and terrorism handled by the military. Sounds strong and smart, right? Wrong. Aside from the questions of Guantanamo Bay and torture, it basically pushes out the agencies best suited to do the work of investigating and interrogating of suspects, the FBI and CIA, and it gives the military the right to detain, even American citizens, indefinitely without trial. Now you could say that it sounds great because we wouldn't have to worry our pretty little heads with handling these bad people. As though we Americans aren't really up to the job of finding, trying and punishing these bad people. We're just not strong enough or smart enough so we need our military to do that for us too. I can imagine that's exactly how every brutal dictatorship in the history of mankind got it's start. Say, fellow citizens, we don't want to bother you with these insignificant details, so just give me the authority to take care of this messy business for ya. We'll be sure to keep you warm and safe from any unpleasant interruptions of the services you want most. No need for you to have to witness this scary business. Problem with this kind of thinking is that once you give them that kind of authority, then they can decide for themselves just who is unworthy of protection under our Constitution. Such as where our Constitution states that every citizen is entitled to a speedy trial by his or her peers. So I guess if you were to speak out against these policies, you could be determined to be a terrorist sympathiser and you would suddenly disappear, never to be seen again. Your family wouldn't know what happened to you. Ya know what? It could even be a case of mistaken identity. Since our current law enforcement system has done a pretty good job of protecting us, does it make sense to give it to the military who hasn't done this kind of work and has never been allowed to be deployed within our borders? Changing from trained to untrained sounds like a blunder to me. Oh, and the military doesn't even want this job. It sounds like the beginning of the end of freedom.