Posted on 01/03/2010 1:10:52 PM PST by moneyrunner
In the last year we have seen the Obama administration, the civil liberties movement (read ACLU) and the MSM move in the direction of changing our legal system to make it more palatable to what may be called “International Liberalism.” Exhibit “A” is the decision to “try” Khalid Sheik Mohammed in federal court. I put quotes around the word “try” because we are assured that no matter what the court’s decision is, he will not be released. If so, we have the interesting spectacle of the beginning of high profile show trials in the US; one in which the punishment is announced before the verdict.
Ignoring the announcement of indefinite detention before the trail begins, it can be argued that the trial of KSM is – in a certain sense – a move in the direction of offering greater constitutional protections people who get caught up in the American judicial system. The Left is proudly proclaiming that the forms of justice are going to be served even if those people are not American citizens and even if they were waging war … er, “man made catastrophes” …against us.
Make no mistake, one of the reasons the Obama administration is holding this trial is that it wants to curry the favor of the International Liberal community. It's an effort to get the Euro-Left and the Arab world to approve of us.
But the presumption of innocence and the demands for due process go out of the window when the accused are Americans and they work for the hated private security firm Blackwater. Indictments were recently thrown out against five Blackwater guards involved in a shooting in Iraq as they were escorting and guarding American diplomats. So what’s the NY Times headline?
Iraqis Angered as Blackwater Charges Are Dropped.
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We formed this nation because we didn’t approve of the way foreign nations did things. They haven’t gotten any better.
This nation was formed based on creating a more perfect union, not a cowardly balkanized or murderous cabal “trying to kill people for religious, tribal and cultural reasons” (Mark Steyn) which has existed throughout history. And if we want to live as they do in (_____________) just name your favorite example of the national tyranny then keep electing politically corrupt cowards; for we will not get Canada or Sweden, most likely such will be along the line of Russia, China or Mexico; just makes you feel warm all over…
xactly... who gave who the light bulb?
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