I realize that many of the left would like to envision that the detainees at Gitmo were all innocent peanut farmers who were rounded up by jackbooted thugs, but the likelihood is that's probably not the case. While there are probably innocent individuals at Gitmo (just as there are in many jails and prisons within our own country), does it not seem disingenuous to oversell the presumption of innocence of the detainees while denying the US government the same presumption of innocence?

This article was well written, but it missed a point it COULD have made; that is, simply asking the Muslim community: which is the worse desecration: the guards' treatment of the Koran, or attacking innocent civilians using the Koran as justification? Anyone who believes Islam to be a religion of peace would have to argue the latter.

Folks,

I have never placed any comment on any subject on the internet before, however, having read the above, I feel I should make my point. I do not wish to cause offense, and frankly do not care if I provoke a reply, as I will probably not come back here to raed them, but here goes.

I used to believe, (and still do, for most things in the world), in the idealistic view that everyone is equal, have rights, are decent people deep down inside, and that there is no justification for injustice on any grounds. I think we would all like to believe this is the case.

However, whilst I have the utmost respect for all peoples rights to believe their religion, and for all nationalities of the world, including Iraqies, Afghans, and Americans, one thing recently made me feel that some things go beyond this.

People can believe what they want, as long as it doesn't affect me or hurt anyone else. But, when I go on the internet and see a video of a group of men cutting off the head of an innocent man with a knife, while he lies there screaming and begging for his life, it makes me feel so sick that if you gave me a gun and put me into a room with them, I honestly don't know what I would do. (But I certainly know what I would do if that was a member of MY familty they slaughtered!)

These people, who call themselves religeous men, forfeit the right to ANY respect when they are caught. They have NO rights, and deserve NOTHING from any civilised country.

I agree that you cannot assume that all these prisoners are guilty, and it is not beyond possibility that there are some innocent amongst them, but I assume that they were all captured in a combat zone in some sort of incriminating situation. It is possible that a soldier simply chose someone at random to arrest, but I doubt it.

Everyone has a different view on this, as evidenced above, and I am certainly not trying to change anyone's mind on the subject, but I feel that, if the evidence is there, and certainty is established, then any rights that person would once have been entitled to are gone, and they should be treated no better than the sub-human scum they are.

Thanks for reading.