Making up stuff: Global Rights

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZTJkNzIwZWQ5MTU3OWY2ODM2OWRkZjczYjVjMGU4Yjg=&w=MA==

'In the European mind, Guantanamo is one of the centers of evil in the world, a dungeon where George W. Bush commits unspeakable acts on innocent Muslims who just happened to be on a battlefield in Afghanistan or Pakistan when U.S. troops captured them.

She says the prisoners in Gitmo have been denied their constitutional rights.

I say they are enemy combatants; they have rights under international treaties, but not American constitutional rights.

But they have “global rights,” she insists.

What are “global rights”? I ask.

There’s no precise definition, but as far as I could tell, “global rights” appear to be American constitutional rights applied to the entire planet. It’s an astounding notion, given that American constitutional rights definitely do not apply across the entire planet — not even in places like, well, France.'

Where to begin? The French beams vs the American motes? The fact that not only do Gitmo detainees have rights, they even get medical treatment, good food, entertainement and free Korans? Rather than say, a bullet in the back of the head... or that the desparately poor banlieues north of Paris crammed with unemployed North African immigrants tell you everything you need to know about racism and discrimination in France.