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Familes Of 9/11 Victims: Keep Guantánamo Open
The Pentagon finally got some much needed backup today in their seven year battle against far-left human rights cowards desperate to close Guantanamo Bay.
Families of 9/11 victims spoke out passionately today after being invited to witness the military tribunal of a terrorist. Ever since 9/11, the ACLU and other left-wing organizations have conducted a despicable smear campaign against the Bush administration over Gitmo, enhanced interrogation, and the war on terror in general.
Family members of those killed on 9/11 however, aren’t buying into the hype.
“Guantánamo Bay has gotten a bad rap,” said Alice Hoagland, whose son was killed in the 2001 attack.
Hamilton Peterson, whose father was killed that day, said the procedures of the much-criticized military commission tribunal seemed plenty fair. “The entire day,” he said, “was giving these defendants their due.”
The very notion that we should extend the same rights to foreign terrorists captured overseas that American citizens enjoy is more than absurd — it’s dangerous.
All this crap about restoring America’s standing in the world or keeping the moral high ground is a bunch of theoretical nonsense. Sadly, this was demonstrated once again in Mumbai, when a highly trained terrorist group went on a bloody rampage that left 179 people dead.
The reason we haven’t been attacked since 9/11 is not just blind luck. The Bush administration correctly recognized that this is not like any war we’ve ever been involved in. We face an enemy that doesn’t know the first thing about human rights or the Geneva Conventions. The terrorists we face don’t recognize even the most basic rules of war.
There’s no such thing as POW’s or prisoner exchanges. In the War on Terror, if a U.S. soldier is captured by the enemy he’s a dead man pure and simple. The free world has never faced a more unscrupulous and savage enemy as the one we face today.
But human rights organizations and left-wing lawyers can’t seem to get it through their thick skull’s what a serious situation this is. They want the U.S. to fight this war with our hands tied behind our back. The far left has done everything possible to damage the U.S. and hurt the war effort.
The only thing that should matter is getting the information out of the people who have it — by any means necessary.
The cowards on the left who continue to crow about human rights don’t give a damn about keeping this country safe. In their eyes it’s America that is the bad guy and the terrorists freedom fighters are just defending themselves.
People who believe that are idiots and deserve to be marginalized. If you care more about the treatment of the terrorists than you do about saving the lives of your fellow countrymen then you’re a bad American.
-Chris Jones
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Innocent people are forced to admit to terrorism. America needs to be safe but toturing anyone with a turban isn’t the solution!
I’m not suggesting that we torture everyone with a turban. I’m talking about a tightly controlled CIA interrogation program that requires presidential approval for certain techniques.
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO STOP LISTENING TO THE LIKES OF THE ACLU AND EU? These are self-serving groups that justify their existence by popping outevery so often, asking that we look at concepts that lead to a no-fault society. How is that possible?A crime is a crime, period. The Gauntanimo detainees are not representative any given country. Does any nation even WANT these detainees? What will be done with same, upon release?
When, and IF, the “Human Rights” groups acknowledge the fact that slow beheading is a true form of torture, and that which occurs in Gitmo is in realty, nothing by comparison, then this writer will lend credibility to those groups.