Posted on 01/05/2010 1:04:31 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Palin: It’s War, not a Crime Spree
A strong statement from the People's Governor:
President Obama’s meeting with his top national security advisers does nothing to change the fact that his fundamental approach to terrorism is fatally flawed. We are at war with radical Islamic extremists and treating this threat as a law enforcement issue is dangerous for our nation’s security. That’s what happened in the 1990s and we saw the result on September 11, 2001. This is a war on terror not an “overseas contingency operation.” Acts of terrorism are just that, not “man caused disasters.” The system did not work. Abdulmutallab was a child of privilege radicalized and trained by organized jihadists, not an “isolated extremist” who traveled to a land of “crushing poverty.” He is an enemy of the United States, not just another criminal defendant.
It simply makes no sense to treat an al Qaeda-trained operative willing to die in the course of massacring hundreds of people as a common criminal. Reports indicate that Abdulmutallab stated there were many more like him in Yemen but that he stopped talking once he was read his Miranda rights. President Obama’s advisers lamely claim Abdulmutallab might be willing to agree to a plea bargain – pretty doubtful you can cut a deal with a suicide bomber. John Brennan, the President’s top counterterrorism adviser, bizarrely claimed “there are no downsides or upsides” to treating terrorists as enemy combatants. That is absurd. There is a very serious downside to treating them as criminals: terrorists invoke their “right” to remain silent and stop talking. Terrorists don’t tell us where they were trained, what they were trained in, who they were trained by, and who they were trained with. Giving foreign-born, foreign-trained terrorists the right to remain silent does nothing to keep Americans safe from terrorist threats. It only gives our enemies access to courtrooms where they can publicly grandstand, and to defense attorneys who can manipulate the legal process to gain access to classified information.
President Obama was right to change his policy and decide to send no more detainees to Yemen where they can be free to rejoin their war on America. Now he must back off his reckless plan to close Guantanamo, begin treating terrorists as wartime enemies not suspects alleged to have committed crimes, and recognize that the real nature of the terrorist threat requires a commander-in-chief, not a constitutional law professor.
Posted by Michael Goldfarb on January 5, 2010 03:49 PM
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Sarah kicks Obama’s booty yet again. Once again, AWESOME POST!
Common sense from a true, pro-American Commander-In-Chief!
Whiskey tango foxtrot doesn’t the press hammer this SOB president of ours to explain why he’s doing this.
Better put some ice on that, Mr. President.
[Touché]
Ouch! Sarah again pushes all the buttons. No wonder they fear/hate her.
"Terrorist states are seeking nuclear weapons without delay ... he wants to meet them without preconditions."
"Al-Qaida terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America ... he's worried that someone won't read them their rights?"
Obama should not be making the same mistake as President Bush who prosecuted Richard Reid, the Shoe Bomber in a civilian court.
Perhaps, it there would have been more conservative outrage of Bush’s decision regarding the civilian prosecution of the Shoe Bomber, it would now be American Policy to treat all such terrorists as war criminals.
Notice how many times the word “I” was used in Gov. Palin’s release. Zero!
I'm not altogether sure we are. Especially lately when we provide them with lawyers.
In any case, we're not enough at war.
Sarah and Bolton work together.
Thank the Lord.
Madam President has spoken and the bowow is a hopeless failure.......hopeless.....did you ever think anyone could make clintooon look good.....
Owwww.....OUCH....THAT’S GOTTA HURT !!!!!!!!!!!!
First Cheney, Now the Moose Huntin Mama.....
Preperation H might be needed for O and friends.
From “The People’s Governor”........I like the sound of it. Okay I just stole one from the Weekly Standard. Henceforth Cuda shall also be known as the People’s Governor or Governor of the United States (GOTUS).
The best things about her posts are how well chosen and spare her words are.
my small complaint involves referring to him as a law professor, which he NEVER was. He was a lecturer, nothing more.
Then again, her use of that term might be strategic. I defer to the FPOTUS.
She’s baaa-ack!
- JP
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