Personally none of those presently detained in Guantanamo would have hesitated for one second in sending the people engaged in discourse here on this forum to kingdom come,

We do not know that. All we know is how faulty intelligence has proved to be on several occasions and these people are being held ilegally.

I somehow find it heartening that so many of you spring to their defence. They would have no such compassion for you.

Even if they were all barbaric, that is no reason for us to be the same. I find it intersting to note that in another thread with regards to people who may or may not have been guilty of murder you commented.

Thankfully for the accused Dianavan, in the UK, even under military codes of justice there still exists the presumption of innocence until PROVEN guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

I would suggest your real standard depends on who the accused are and in fact work on the principle that those held at guantanamo are in your view guilty until (assuming they are ever allowed to have the chance) proved innocent.