What would the Founding Fathers think of giving rights to terrorists?
Beyond bringing these terrorists to NY City, and giving them rights, it also bothers me that we continue to be obsessed with proving something to the rest of the world.
Prove what? Prove that we have a good judicial system?
We already have one, which is why people invest and do business in the US. Have you seen the lines of people at US embassies around the world? Why do they want to move to the US? They want to come here because they know that our legal system is second to none!
So please spare me all of the talk about "the rule of law" and/or proving to the world that the era of the Bush police state is over.
For the record, the Obama administration has not reversed the big items of the Bush anti-terror policy, from indefinite detention to rendition to wiretapping and military tribunals.
So you think that Bush ran a police state?
Then you must think that Obama is running a police state, too!
Again, no one is running a police state.
We are just trying to fight a war against terrorists who don't wear uniforms and are determined to kill our people whenever they get a chance!
The US left needs to grow up and see the threats that we face!
The WSJ has a little history lesson for those who think that Bush invented military tribunals or dealt harshly with our enemies:
"Contrary to liberal myth, military tribunals aren't a break with 200-plus years of American jurisprudence.
Eight Nazis who snuck into the U.S. in June 1942 were tried by a similar court and most were hanged within two months.
Before the Obama Administration stopped all proceedings earlier this year pending yesterday's decision, the tribunals at Gitmo had earned a reputation for fairness and independence." (WSJ)
Again, please stop all of "the rule of law" nonsense! And stop telling me that the US has to prove its "rule of law" credentials!
Michael Goodwin lives and works in New York: This trial's an error
"They'll use our liberties to turn the trial into propaganda for their warped cause.
Their images and words will fly around the world as fodder for a new generation of jihadists.
The federal courthouse and detention center will become a fortress.
The judge, prosecutors, witnesses, federal agents and jury will need protection, some for years.
It's madness!"
Indeed it is!
We repeat it! This is a terrible decision and it wont play well with a public concerned about terrorism after Ft Hood!
P.S. Once again, we turn to Charles Krauthammer for a bit of common sense at times like these:
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