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Posted on 09/15/2006 9:26:44 PM PDT by Mo1
To say that Lindsey Graham has been a disappointment to the conservatives who were the heart and soul of his campaign would be an understatement. Unfortunately, our senior senator has moved from disappointing to downright dangerous.
In recent days, we have seen al-Qaida, in all of its videotape glory, threatening Americans with death and destruction unless we surrender to the Wahabbist strain of Islam and convert. We’ve seen “American al-Qaida” Adam Gadahn and his Egyptian cohort Ayman al-Zawahiri “invite us” to join Islam (or face destruction), while al-Jazeera runs old footage of Osama bin Laden with the 9/11 hijackers just to further emphasize the point.
The threat against America has never been so obvious or so ominous. I’m grateful that we have in President Bush a man who understands these threats and has acted to protect us from them.
Faced with this same threat, what is Sen. Graham’s response? Is it that protecting America is less important than protecting the American constitutional rights of foreign terrorists? Is it that judges who disagree with his Clinton-appointed JAG buddies about guaranteeing terrorist rights — which don’t exist in either the Geneva Convention or the U.S. Constitution — shouldn’t be confirmed to the federal bench?
Why would Sen. Graham want al-Qaida perpetrators to enjoy constitutional rights they have not earned and do not deserve?
It’s bad enough that Sen. Graham has so blatantly sought political advantage by tying himself to the political future of Sen. John McCain, evidently believing McCain to be the front-runner in the coming presidential race. It becomes worse when that effort endangers American security, as it has when he supported the awful McCain-Kennedy alien amnesty bill, or opposed efforts to deny illegal immigrant identity thieves the Social Security benefits they have wrongfully stolen, or when he single-handedly denies qualified men such as Jim Haynes from becoming federal judges (as reported by Lee Bandy in The State) or becoming the chief Republican Senate spokesman for terrorists rights.
Does he not realize that al-Qaida operatives are not American citizens deserving constitutional protection? Does he not realize that al-Qaida (or Hezbollah, or Hamas or Islamic Jihad) is not a nation-state signator to the Geneva Convention, and therefore not covered by its protections? Does he not realize that even if we granted these “rights” to terrorists, not a single one of our soldiers would ever be given reciprocal treatment by the barbarians we face in this struggle of civilizations? Does he not realize that, to the contrary, terrorist organizations will view these steps as weaknesses to exploit and a further signal to attack?
The positions the senator takes and the statements he makes have become direct detriments to the security of the United States and the citizens of South Carolina. Has he forgotten the lessons of 9/11, or did he simply never learn them?
For all of our sakes, I hope Sen. Graham wakes up to the dangers we face as a nation, and soon. Continuing on his current course would be disastrous for our country.
Lindsey....His name fits him so well...don't you think??
He tho thweeeeeet!!!!
Wasn't that Brock guy a conservative at one time too?
Mrs. McCain
He's a political opportunist, nothing more. SC deserves better.
and lights on his loafers...
David Brock?
This South Carolina conservative will fight to elect his opponet in the next Republican primary
"David Brock?"
Yeah, he was a conservative at one time too. Wonder what happened to him?
I'm right behind you.
But, uh, not the same way as Pandsey Graham :)
most assuredly....I just emailed him and told him how I felt. did you not just read this article? It was written by a South Carolinian in the State newspaper.
I've known a number of them, and it almost never fails.
It's a club. Sometimes, it's a club of cordial disagreement.
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