From the people who brought you eminent domain...the Supreme Court today ruled that the military tribunal system set up to try Guantanamo prisoners is illegal. The Reuters story is here.
Of course, the decision was made 5-3 by the five liberal judges on the Court including the so-called "moderate conservative" Anthony Kennedy. I wish at least one of them would retire. Bring on the next Supreme Court vacancy.
This decision is dismaying. The Court seems to be granting the same rights to foreign terrorists that American criminals have. It's bad enough that domestic criminals seem to have more rights than law-abiding citizens do. Are we now extending these rights to the Taliban?
The court claims that the tribunals violated the Geneva Conventions and U.S. military rules. When foreign terrorists take Americans prisoner, do they act according to the Geneva Conventions? No. They torture and behead people, sometimes on videotape. Nothing like that is going on at Guantanamo, I assure you. Our prisoners there are treated very well considering that they are Taliban lowlife.
Of course, leftist groups like the ACLU and Amnesty International are overjoyed about the Court's decision. They are increasingly calling for the Guantanamo prison to be closed.
But what are we to do with the terrorists who are imprisoned there? Are we supposed to turn them loose so that they can kill more Americans, either here or abroad?
I know that liberals refuse to understand this, but I will try to explain it anyway. The War on Terror is not a game. It is a war. The people who are imprisoned at Guantanamo are people who want to kill us. They are terrorists. They fought against American soldiers who toppled the Taliban in Afghanistan. The Taliban is merged with al Qaeda, the organization that killed over 3,000 Americans on September 11th, 2001, and continues to kill more Americans in Iraq. The prisoners at Guantanamo are not American citizens. They are foreign terrorists who hate America and want to destroy it.
What part of the above paragraph don't liberals understand?
Of course, the decision was made 5-3 by the five liberal judges on the Court including the so-called "moderate conservative" Anthony Kennedy. I wish at least one of them would retire. Bring on the next Supreme Court vacancy.
This decision is dismaying. The Court seems to be granting the same rights to foreign terrorists that American criminals have. It's bad enough that domestic criminals seem to have more rights than law-abiding citizens do. Are we now extending these rights to the Taliban?
The court claims that the tribunals violated the Geneva Conventions and U.S. military rules. When foreign terrorists take Americans prisoner, do they act according to the Geneva Conventions? No. They torture and behead people, sometimes on videotape. Nothing like that is going on at Guantanamo, I assure you. Our prisoners there are treated very well considering that they are Taliban lowlife.
Of course, leftist groups like the ACLU and Amnesty International are overjoyed about the Court's decision. They are increasingly calling for the Guantanamo prison to be closed.
But what are we to do with the terrorists who are imprisoned there? Are we supposed to turn them loose so that they can kill more Americans, either here or abroad?
I know that liberals refuse to understand this, but I will try to explain it anyway. The War on Terror is not a game. It is a war. The people who are imprisoned at Guantanamo are people who want to kill us. They are terrorists. They fought against American soldiers who toppled the Taliban in Afghanistan. The Taliban is merged with al Qaeda, the organization that killed over 3,000 Americans on September 11th, 2001, and continues to kill more Americans in Iraq. The prisoners at Guantanamo are not American citizens. They are foreign terrorists who hate America and want to destroy it.
What part of the above paragraph don't liberals understand?
posted by Liberty Bell Blues | 12:57 PM
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