Are y'all talking bout Padilla?

The way i feel about it is this. If you take up arms against the government of a nation, you then forfeit the rights guaranteed to you by that government.

The same would have gone for the founding fathers(although in no way should American Al-Qaeda members be compared to the patriots that founded this country) Once they took up arms against the King of England i would think that they had forfeited their rights under the English system. I'm not a tremendous scholar of history, so i couldn't speak for what those rights were.

There is a vast difference in protesting against government actions that you disagree with and taking up arms against it. That is your right as an American to speak out about your government. If you take up with terrorists and plan to kill innocent Americans i believe you forfeit all rights as an American citizen and should theretofore be treated as an enemy combatant.

Kitso
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