Jan 21 2009
Obama’s First Act – Protect The Terrorists In GITMO
Update: From Gateway Pundit and our readers we find that most Americans (i.e., the 70% or so who don’t support liberal policies) reject the idea of closing GITMO:
Only 35% support Obama’s first move in office. I heard an interesting theory this morning, that the 120 day suspension is meant to kick this ridiculous act down the road and give President Obama time to shift his position away from his campaign promises to close GITMO. Not sure I buy it – but it would fit his MO. – end update
In February 2006 I predicted that liberals would attempt to coddle terrorists by shifting our policies if they won office. I coined it The Democrat Contract With al-Qaeda (a parody on the GOP’s 1994 Contract With America). It was a series of outrageous predictions I hoped would never come true – sadly almost all of them have.
Today President Obama plans as one of his first acts the suspension of legal efforts against those terrorists we have in custody who have or planned to attack us. No economic reprieve for the nation, no help for Americans. Obama’s first act is to come to the rescue of admitted killers:
In one of its first actions, the Obama administration instructed military prosecutors late Tuesday to seek a 120-day suspension of legal proceedings involving detainees at the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba — a clear break with the approach of the outgoing Bush administration.
The instruction came in a motion filed with a military court in the case of five defendants accused of organizing the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. The motion called for “a continuance of the proceedings” until May 20 so that “the newly inaugurated president and his administration [can] review the military commissions process, generally, and the cases currently pending before military commissions, specifically.”
This is a complete waste of time and resources. These cases have been poured over many times. But Obama thinks he needs to appease the left wing nuts who think terrorists are just wayward people with a reasonable beef against America.
In 2006 I noted that the liberals would make two promises (out of 9):
SECOND, We will enact legislation to release all Al Qaeda members now held in custody in the GITMO Gulag, while providing legal counsel to all who have been unfairly detained during this unfortunate international misunderstanding between Al Qaeda and America. We will ensure all detainees have options for bail and parole so they can continue with their life’s efforts while the legal issues surrounding their detention are worked out. Every ex-detainee will be provided the services of an ACLU lawyer.
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EIGHTH, we will submit and pass legislation that will mandate any questioning by US agents of Al Qaeda members to (a) be done in the presence of an ACLU lawyer, (b) never last more than 30 minutes, (c) be done indoors, in climate controlled conditions, (d) include an offering of proper food and beverage and (e) require every question to use the word ‘please’.
Liberals are now on the precipice of achieving these goals. And Bin Laden and his crew are licking their chops because they perceive a weakness of will on our part. Mr. President, there are factions in your base you can never support fully because their views are dangerous and wrong. Leaders know this. Inexperienced politicians typically have to learn this the hard way. If you want to waste your political capitol on these scum and their warped supporters that is your call. But it will cost you support when the next attack comes.
And it is still coming if al Qaeda has anything to say about it.
The “hard way” in this case means one of our cities is going to get nuked before the current crowd figures out they may have made a mistake. Although NYC is still the most likely, San Fran is probably the softest target.
Slow old container ship of no note, nuke hidden in the hold, shielded in lots of lead to mask the signature, slowly chugs into that protected harbor and – boom. Or hide it inside an oil or refined product tanker coming from the middle east, suicide jihadi crew – it’d never be suspected.
Oh, but everyone loves us now so this can never happen.
Exactly what I keep saying…they’ll never learn until it happens to them. As long as it happens to somebody else or elsewhere, they don’t see how this indirectly affects them.
So they will simply excuse these attacks and fawn Obama as if he is still doing the right thing.
The Era of Hope and Change, Day One…
As one of his first acts as president, Barack Obama gives succor in these trying times to … the jihadis awaiting trial at Gitmo? Oy, vey. Technorati tags: Barack Obama, Guantanamo Bay, terrorists, jihad, trials……
AJ:
“It was a series of outrageous predictions I hoped would never come true – sadly almost all of them have.”
Really? Okay, let’s go down the list, and see which have come true:
1 – nope, in fact we have the PAA now
2 – nope, we still have detainees in Gitmo
3 – nope, we still monitor phone calls
4 – nope, no driver’s licenses for terrorists
5 – nope, still a pain in the ass to get through an airport
6 – nope, still have no-fly lists
7 – nope, still in Iraq
8 – nope, none of those 5 have happened
9 – nope, no impeachment
Hmm. Well, you certainly have an interesting definition of “almost all” — unless of course, you meant to type “none” there.
[…] AJ Strata: This is a complete waste of time and resources. These cases have been poured over many times. But Obama thinks he needs to appease the left wing nuts who think terrorists are just wayward people with a reasonable beef against America. […]
AJ:
“If you want to waster your political capitol on these scum and their warped supporters that is your call.”
From the WaPo article:
“But the action was cheered by military and civilian defense attorneys.
“We welcome our new commander-in-chief and this first step towards restoring the rule of law,” said Army Maj. Jon Jackson, a military defense attorney for Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi, one of the Sept. 11 defendants.”
So help me out, AJ: which category are you saying that Major Jackson falls into — “scum”, or “warped supporters”?
The rule of law exists because of those who respect the law. It is a two way street agreed upon by the citizens of this country. It is civil. It is decent.
War has NOTHING to do with the rule of law.
As the Dalai Lama said, terrorists are closed minds. They do not respond to civil discourse. And the Dalai Lama is one of the Masters promoting non-violence.
He gets it. The “stuck at 6 yrs old” global socialists get it, too. They WANT America brought to her knees, imho. Sick, sick people…
and people that I DO NOT want protecting my family.
This whole pseudo-idealist notion of “rule of law” is a cover up for what is really a dismantling of America. It is outrageous.
AJ – You have some tough, tough people following your blog. It is almost as if they are assigned to sneer at every word you write. I don’t comment much – but I agree with you a lot of the time. Just wanted you to know it…
djl130,
Many thanks! While there are a lot of folks bleating, many fail to past muster IMHO.
Cheers, AJStrata
Do I muster? 😉
AJ, check the Gallup poll. The majority of Americans reject closing of the GITMO.
I’m more interested in which of the two categories GuyFawkes falls into.
I think opening Gitmo was a stroke of genius. Why would anybody bring these monsters to American soil. They could have been shot, but we needed information, hence Gitmo. When we picked these people up in 2002 and 2003, what were we to do with them? Keep them in Pakistan or Afghanistan? Look at the options? Gitmo is perfect!
When will these “feel good” politicians understand the true threat Al Qaeda poses to America? Sitting down to tea with these terrorists will change nothing. They want to destroy America. They want to kill us, our children and our grand children.
The only reason these terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon was because they did not yet have the capability of deploying a nuclear weapon here. It’s irresponsible and dangerous for our elected officials to pretend this could never happen.
Al Qaeda will stop at nothing. They have no rule of law. I want our politicians to protect America at all costs, no matter what it takes. To hell with the “rule of law.”
[…] AJ Strata: This is a complete waste of time and resources. These cases have been poured over many times. But Obama thinks he needs to appease the left wing nuts who think terrorists are just wayward people with a reasonable beef against America. […]
Gman,
the “feel good” politicians were able to blame the 9/11 attacks on Bush. They didn’t have to directly deal with the issue or solve the problem or try to implement a preemptive response. Sadly, they will change there tune when they have to deal with it. It is sad that they are not willing to learn from history.
GuyF
1 – nope, in fact we have the PAA now
2 – nope, we still have detainees in Gitmo
3 – nope, we still monitor phone calls
4 – nope, no driver’s licenses for terrorists
5 – nope, still a pain in the ass to get through an airport
6 – nope, still have no-fly lists
7 – nope, still in Iraq
8 – nope, none of those 5 have happened
9 – nope, no impeachment
what? your guys been in for 24 hours and hasn’t overturned any of your pet projects yet? kinda disappointing from the Libs point of view? eh?
aitch:
I’m more interested in which of the two categories GuyFawkes falls into.
which? both.
I have to disagree.
The 120 day delay really serves no purpose but to delay.
I see it as POTUS Obama voting “Present” on the issue.
I did not vote for President Obama mainly b/c of concern about his approach to our war on terrorism, but have begun to wonder if my skepticism was without a basis. Watching the Inaugurals, etc….got all emotional. But now, reading this, I’m thinking I was on target.
I see it as POTUS Obama voting “Present†on the issue.
Change we can believe in. So what else is new?