Posted by
Patrick Bohan on Monday, November 16, 2009 9:09:03 AM
Obama will put the terrorists responsible for 9/11 on trial in New York City in a civilian court. That is right, 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and 4 other 9/11 conspirators will be given every right afforded to you and I. They will have more rights than our American soldiers, who must be tried in military courts. The Fort Hood shooter, Nidal Malik Hasan, will have fewer rights than Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. For this reason, I hope they do not call Hasan’s shooting spree an act of terrorism, since it may provide him an opportunity to gain more rights. Mohammed’s New York trial is all part of the dangerous Obama plan to close Guantanamo and to give terrorists more rights. To bad the victims on 9/11 did not get the same rights. This soft and naïve strategy on terror is not keeping America safe.
In fact, the word terrorism is no longer allowed to be said by federal agencies. Instead, we are to refer to Hasan and Mohammed as committing acts of “man made disasters”. God forbid if we hurt the feelings of these cowards. Any decent Muslim would not be offended or require more politically correct nomenclature than the word terrorist. This would be equivalent of me being offended by the media calling the Irish Republic Army (IRA) terrorists because I am Irish. It easy to surmise that political correctness and the fear of being offensive is the reason Hasan was not stopped. Hasan did not hide his feelings and displeasure with U.S. foreign policy in Iraq and Afghanistan. His emails, statements, and business card were all warning signs that were ignored because authorities did not want to offend this man and his religion. After all, he could claim that he was being profiled because of his ethnicity if federal agents tried to stop him.
There are many reasons that bringing Mohammed to justice in civilian court is a bad idea and even dangerous:
First, Mohammed will be held in U.S. prisons where he will be free to recruit disgruntled American inmates. Prisoners converting to radical Islam is becoming a wide spread epidemic. We have already seen home grown extremist commit acts of terror after being released from prison.
Second, any evidence against Mohammed that was obtained through enhanced interrogation techniques will most likely not be allowed in a civilian court. Thus, it may be harder to convict both Mohammed and his conspirators.
Third, Mohammed will be allowed access to view any evidence against him, even if it classified information. This is information that Mohammed will be able to share with our enemies. This could potentially put both our troops and citizens in harms way.
Fourth, Mohammed will more than likely obtain a lawyer that could be sympathetic to his situation (like the ACLU). They too can help leak classified information to terrorists and enemies.
Fifth, New York will have to relive this horror all over again. This may not be a problem for Obama who seems to have forgotten the events of 9/11. This is true because if he had any recollection of these events he would not be bending over backwards to help protect Mohammed and his conspirators. But to millions of New Yorkers and American citizens, the events of 9/11 are entrenched in our memories and will never be forgotten. This trial will also place New York City as a target for a terrorist attack.
Obama’s soft stance on terrorism and his obviously biased feelings towards Muslims and Islam is putting Americans at risk. Think about it, Obama jumped to conclusions and called officer Crowley stupid after the Gates arrest, but has yet to make any harsh statement about Hasan, a man that killed 13 Americans. Let’s face facts, the real reason that Obama is doing this is to put the Bush administration on trial for their interrogation methods. Obama is proving he is nothing more than a divisive, vindictive, vengeful, and polarizing figure.
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