Will Grigg's Liberty Minute

October 11, 2007

Since 1988, the country commonly known as Burma has been ruled by a military dictatorship that has savagely suppressed any organized effort to create a parliamentary form of government.

In early October, the country's Buddhist monks joined in protests calling for political reforms. This prompted a bloody crackdown by the military government. Troops were deployed in the streets; the nation's media links to the outside world were cut; many were killed, and many more were brutally detained.

International condemnation was immediate and impassioned. On behalf of President Bush, White House press secretary Dana Perino lent her voice to the chorus of condemnation, taking special note of
?reports about ... innocent people being thrown into detention, where they could be held for years without any representation or charges....?

Ironically, it was almost exactly a year ago that President Bush signed a measure gutting the habeas corpus guarantee and creating a Burma-style system of indefinite detention without representation or appeal.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.