John McCain Wants to Give Constitutional Rights to Terrorists

RedState.org has a pretty devastating piece about the anti-torture amendment that Sen. John McCain (Media-AZ) wants enacted, and the net effect it will have of extending constitutional protections to foreign terrorists:

“[S]hould John McCain's amendment be successful . . . . [w]e will begin resorting to other nations that are not as concerned about coddling terrorists” John McCain is a fool. He is also a charlatan. He is convinced that the world would be better off if everyone agreed with him and has set about to make it so. When McCain was accurately criticized by third party interest groups, he set about restricting the first amendment. Now, because he was a prisoner of war who was tortured, he has decided to take moral high ground on how the United States treats enemy terrorists, though the United States does not torture terrorists. Nonetheless, McCain has chosen to believe terrorists in captivity and reporters bent on destroying the war effort than the military personnel who are keeping us safe.

John McCain is attempting to add to the appropriations process a provision that would prohibit the United States from doing to captured terrorists those things we are prohibited from doing to American citizens under the 5th, 8th, or 14th amendments to the United States Constitution. We will, in effect, be giving constitutional protections to enemy terrorists who, when given the opportunity, slowly saw off the heads ... of captured Americans.

McCain wants to take the high ground. He also wants favorable media attention. The media has been trumpeting unproven stories for some time now that accuse the United States of torturing captured terrorists. Most of the so called "torture" is not torture. In fact, many of the techniques our military uses are designed to wear down the ideologically hardened terrorists who will not talk and have been trained to endure multiple forms of harassment and abuse.

The military is quite skilled at what it does. We have pre-existing laws that prohibit the use of torture. Many people like to intentionally confuse torture with rough treatment. They are not the same.

John McCain has used the bully pulpit of his life story to advance his pet causes at the expense of the constitution and now the military. While the Democrats want to wholly and completely surrender, John McCain insists on fighting, but only if we tie one hand behind our national back.

The McCain amendment must be defeated. Our vital national security interests require as much. Ironically, should John McCain's amendment be successful, I pity the poor terrorists. We will begin resorting to other nations that are not as concerned about coddling terrorists as we are.

Yet another reason why John McCain will never get my vote regardless of who he's running against.