I read an article posted by Joseph Farah on the World Net Daily today. The title of his post was, "Trying Terrorists, or Bush-Cheney?" I have to say sadly I agree with what he said. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said last Friday that he's going to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other Gitmo detainees in a civilian court in New York City. Holder made this decision while Obama is gone on an Asian trip. It goes to show that this administration has a different view about those terrorists that are trying to destroy our way of life. It's not something that the citizens of New York are going to like. They've watched their loved ones die unnecessarily on September 11, 2001. The last thing the citizens of New York desire is a show trial. That's all it will be.
One of the debates that America's politicians and judges have been looking into is whether those guilty of committing acts of terrorism, or those plotting acts of terrorism, should be treated as enemy combatants and be handled by the military or should these terrorist suspects be given lawyers and tried in civilian courts. Should these terrorist suspects be Mirandized? It's a very foolish debate. The liberal/progressive argument is that the Geneva Accords doesn't include terrorists such as those working for Al-Qaeda because they aren't soldiers in uniform fighting for a particular country such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, or Yemen, for example. However, these Islamic terrorists are engaging in acts of war against the United States. They are at war with our country. They don't dress themselves in a military uniform. Terrorists dress like civilians. These Islamic terrorists dress and conduct themselves as ordinary people until the time they execute their plot. The Obama administration believes Al-Qaeda suspects should be given lawyers and they should be tried in criminal courts. Hence, they believe in treating Islamic terrorism like it's a criminal justice matter instead of an act of war. I've had major disagreements with the previous Bush administration on a number of fronts, but one area that they were right in their assessment when it came to fighting terrorism was treating Al-Qaeda terrorists as terrorists and the Bush administration subjected them to harsh interrogation techniques. Bush was exactly right in treating terrorist suspects as those guilty of committing acts of war against America. He wavered on that to some degree but he did have right concept when it came to handling terrorist suspects.
Throughout the history of America from the Revolutionary War until recently our country has always allowed the military to deal with prisoners of war. We never until within the last ten years ever subjected terrorist suspects to a criminal trial. We never assigned rights to foreign prisoners of war. We used to try prisoners of war in military tribunals. Prisoners of war or terrorist suspects that are from another country don't deserve constitutional protection from the United States. They aren't citizens of this country. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was caught in Pakistan in 2003. He's not a U.S. citizen. He shouldn't receive a civilian trial. He's already pleaded guilty and has been through a military trial. Why are we allowing Mohammed and other Gitmo detainees to be tried in a civilian court in New York City? I believe it's for political reasons. I believe it's a show trial. It's all about politics. What will take place at this trial in New York City is Mohammed and those detainees will be asked questions about their treatment as Gitmo detainees. They will be asked about the kind of diet they ate while there as well as were they allowed to practice their religion. They will also be asked about the diverse interrogation techniques that was administered to them. They will be asked whether they were waterboarded and if they were, how often. (Most liberals/progressives, and the ACLU are opposed to waterboarding) Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded and as a result he supposedly revealed some plots that Al-Qaeda was planning to use to attack America. It will show the whole world including the Al-Qaeda terrorists from the Middle East and around the world what kind of interrogation techniques were used against the detainees. It will inform our enemies all our secrets when it comes to questioning the detainees. It will work against America's advantage and it will enable the terrorists to know when to attack and not to make the same mistake twice. It's a vendetta against the previous Bush administration and the CIA. It will reveal the Bush-Cheney administration's techniques on how they extracted information from these detainees. It will put America in a bad light around the world. All our secrets will be revealed and there's nothing that won't be known to the entire world when it comes to how America handles terrorists.
This sounds strange but the liberals and progressives in the media and in our government have an unwarranted obsession with how our enemy is treated when we take them in as prisoners as well as whether or not their "constitutional" rights have been violated. It makes no sense whatsoever. They're more concerned about how our enemy is treated than our own soldiers that are sacrificing themselves on a daily basis in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Their loyalty isn't to America. They're more concerned about the Third World than the plight of Americans. This court trial can put our national security at risk if it's broadcast before the whole world. These detainees will be spewing forth venom in the Arabic language about what they think of America and how they've been treated. It'll be nothing but anti-American propaganda. It's insane. Our liberals and progressives don't uphold the same view of America as the average American does. To them, America is just another territory or region in this world. They view everything in terms of globalism. They don't view America as an independent, sovereign country. We're just another country lumped in with all the other countries of the world. They're globalists. Therefore, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in their view is just as much of a citizen as the average American is. They view Americans along with citizens of other countries as world citizens. Therefore, Mohammed and the Gitmo detainees are in the same standing when it comes to citizenship and constitutional rights just like the average American is. They believe in the concept of global governance.
What makes everything so complicated when it comes to the liberal/progressive view of global governance is that even Republicans or so-called conservatives such as Bush/Cheney are also globalists. They believe in the New World Order just like the progressives do. It just so happens on this issue when it comes to the interrogation of prisoners of war both Bush and Cheney are right. Our media today appears to be more supportive of our enemies and their "rights" than the safety and security of America. This trial in New York City would be tragic for America. However, this trial will be for political purposes. It's a vendetta against the previous Bush administration and the CIA. They will be showcasing all the methods that have been used in interrogating the Gitmo detainees. It will be a tragic day for America. This trial is also a slap to those New Yorker's who lost loved ones in the 9/11 attacks. This trial will re-open old wounds.
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