Who really thought that KSM and the like would ever show up in a US court?
On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee met to question Attorney General Eric Holder about his decision to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others in criminal courts rather than military tribunals. As the father of Todd Beamer, who died on United Airlines Flight 93, I was able to attend that hearing…
…The committee, chaired by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D., Vt.), displayed the division in our country not only visually—the Democrats were seated on the left and the Republicans on the right—but in every aspect of the proceedings. I expected that some members would agree with Mr. Holder and that others would have challenging questions about his decision. What I did not anticipate was the level of partisanship showed by the majority party. It seemed clear to me and other family members of victims that party loyalty is trumping concern for America’s security interests…
…During the proceedings a young lady, dutifully attentive, sat with a stack of paper about 15 inches high on her lap. The papers contained names, single spaced, of some 100,000 people who signed a letter in opposition to this decision. This young woman, Jill Regan, lost her dad, Donald J. Regan, FDNY of the Bronx, who died trying to save others on 9/11. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R., Al.) asked that those names be entered into the record at the end of the session. It was agreed, but by that time the chairmen and most of the Democrats were already gone. I grieved for her—and for all of us—anew.
Why are we doing this? To placate the left. The kook left has made it clear that they want this because it will, in their mind, allow them to put President Bush and the United States on trial. Normally, such asinine views are shunted aside, but Holder is a kook leftist, himself, and thus found merit in the idea. Meanwhile, the Democrat party simply will not call their own to account – rather than cause a moments discomfort to Obama and his Administration, Democrats go along with the worst decision this Administration has made.
Such have we come to – that the enemies of America will be helped by the American government to attack America.
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