If rights were granted by the government, specifically to citizens, I might agree.
I have rights by virtue of the fact that I'm a man. That my government recognizes this, at least in theory, is a bonus. (Hint: Check the constitution for "Subjects are hereby granted the right..." or similar)
Yes, but they are not US Citizens, nor are they on US Soil, hence the constitution has no effect on them, it would be like passing a law that says Cubans in Cuba can not wear red on Sunday, it does not apply to them.
I've long held that such "punishment" is done more for the gratification of the tormentor than to actually address a problem.
Punishment like that is both a punishment, and a deterrent, "do this, and you will be disemboweled like this guy" is far more effective than "do this, and we will put you in a nice secure climate controlled prison, give you 3 hot meals everyday, give you a koran, basic amenities, and treat you well until we eventually release you". It's the same reason that states who allow carry have lower crime rates than those who do not, it's not that all the criminals are getting killed, and that we are piling there bodies in the street like cord wood, it's that they are deterred by the fact that their intended victim might shoot them in the face.
What is torture, but very personal miniaturized instance of the tyranny so many of us claim to oppose?
And what is a painful death, but torture without the dubious benefit of "extracting information"?
Do they show us the same thought?, do they recognize our rights?, or if given the chance would they not saw off your child's head while you watch just because you do not believe as they do?
Thankfully, that you think they don't "deserve" rights has no effect on whether they have the same.
Whether you think that they do has no effect on the fact that they don't.
Hath not a [foreign terrorist] eyes? Hath not a [foreign terrorist] hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as [a non-terrorist American] is? If you ***** [them], do [they] not bleed? if you tickle [them], do [they] not laugh? if you poison [them], do [they] not die?
Hath not a rabid dog?
You say they are not men, yet you would judge them by rule of men.