I don’t think trying the groin-bomber in a military court is willy-nilly throwing out core principles of the United States justice system or would be motivated by officials liking or disliking an accused criminal, person, or action.
I see such measures as military trials, and even Gitmo, as a necessary part of our justice system. Read more...(827 words, 4 images, estimated 3:18 mins reading time)
Noisy Dove, help me think through my bewilderment that this foreign-birthed, al-Qaeda-commissioned Kamikaze passenger is not being tried as a POW? Why was it a better idea to read this lost kid his rights?
You would think we would learn our lesson, since that is how we treated the first World Trade Center bomber. Read more...(414 words, 3 images, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)
I’m disturbed by the Whitehouse response. First, Obama needs to crack down on these idiots like Napolitano – they are always going on TV with their own ideas of policy and reality, trying to spin everything as usual and people are seeing though it now. Read more...(487 words, 2 images, estimated 1:57 mins reading time)
Obama just did another Bush speech – “dismantle and destroy”. I guess he’s transitioning his campaign focus a bit. Hell, he even called the attempted terrorist an “attempted terrorists.” Of course, right now he’s not being interrogated. He’s being treated for burns and enjoying the right to remain silent with his lawyer – complements of the people he’s trying to kill. He was also bragging about there being 25 more of him… Read more...(392 words, 3 images, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)