Posted on 10/18/2001 3:55:56 PM PDT by kattracks
No, the clinton administration wasn't listening.
behold the xlinton legacy.
Clinton was more focused on seeing California go from a bastion of European based civilization, to a polyglot residential mess. (Remember his smirking announcement in his last State of the Union Message.)
To Clinton, terrorism was seen as a potential benefit, that could be used to enlarge Clinton's powers.
We will be paying a price for those Clinton years for generations. Don't expect any instant remedy for all that he accomplished in undermining our heritage and values.
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Lemme see now, if memory serves, that would have been under the auspices of the Klinton/Reno Justice Department lady, just like the attack on the Cole.
We are all to blame for this, since we have sit back on our fat @sses and let other people look out for our safety.
This reminds me of an interview I heard up here in Canada with a juror in the case of a child killer a few years ago. This juror (a man in his 40s) apparently held out for an acquittal until the last minute, but finally relented and agreed to convict the defendant.
"Your fellow jurors couldn't understand," the interviewer said, "why you held out for so long when the evidence against the accused killer was so overwhelming."
"To be honest," the guy replied, "I would have convicted on Day 1 based on the evidence in the case. My problem was that I really wanted to see him acquitted. That bastard is going to spend the rest of his life in prison, whereas I was hoping he would be acquitted so I could kill him myself."
Wow.
That said, I think there's another important note in this. Had I been on that jury, I certainly would have voted for the death penalty. But, having served on many juries (in New York and California), I can tell you that many people get on juries by lying. That is, they have already decided how they are going to vote, and they lie to get on the jury. In this case, these people had decided that if they had to go for a guilty verdict, they were still going to vote against the death penalty, although of course they responded in the jury interview that they had no objection to the death penalty. It's a real problem - I have been on juries with people who suddenly announce that they "can't find anybody guilty because God told us not to judge," etc. They should have been eliminated in the first round of questions to prospective jurors, but they didn't answer honestly. Jury nullification is no joke, and anybody who suggests it or practices it for any reason is not a good American and should suffer whatever consequences there may be. Unfortunately, in many cases, the people who suffer the consequences are those later attacked by the criminals these people set free.
Had I been on the jury, it would have been hard for me to NOT apply the death penalty to these killers.
On the other hand, if they truly believe that dying for the cause gets them to heaven, maybe a life sentence is more severe punishment? Of course, as a prisoner, there is always a chance that a killer might escape or kill a guard.
With apologies to any devout peace-loving Muslims, is there any chance we could feed these prisoners bacon at breakfast, ham sandwich for lunch, and a pork chop for dinner? Probably not.
We are either against the terrorists (with all that implies) or we are aiding them and abetting them.
Any middle ground that you think you see here is sheer mirage.
B I N G O !!!!
Anyway, why am I saying this here? Because when he met Clinton, who stuck out his hand, out hero refused to shake his hand.
Feel good, my friends about the outcome of this war. Feel very, very good.
The jurors did not give a "life sentence" ... they were split as to death and we can't blame these women ... they may have voted for death. In fact, the judge gave the life sentence. These women sound okay!
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