Posted on 05/03/2006 12:39:24 PM PDT by BladeLWS
On a personal level, the problem for me is that I draw zero comfort or assurance from those who tell me how tough it's going to be for him. All the talking heads on TV this morning were almost pleading with their viewers to believe Moussaoui will "rot" in prison. Almost all of those talking heads are Leftists who do not support the death penalty, who do support enemies of this country, and who would back any Jimmy Carter-type president who would turn Moussaoui over to the French government.
I take no comfort from all the assurances whatsoever, because I don't believe them.
I understand. I can only say that he will be in segregation...forever. He will have a routine, 23 hours in a cell and 1 hour of exercise, alone. If he tries to break this routine, there are consequences....a pair of shirt and pants, a TV and reading material are a privilege, not a requirement. If he will not eat.....he will be taken to medical and be fed, in a segregation cell. This will be his existence. The CO's get to go home, the inmates in these facilities do not.....they will push every button, try every break of the rules, try killing themselves and in the end.....will be doing the same routine without a chance of release, forever. This is why I say....worse than death.
It's not about him and what is or isn't worse for him. It's about us and our safety. The only safe terrorist is a dead terrorist.
I hope there are many others who understand this as clearly as you do.
They have plenty of others. Here's the core of The Enemy Within, senators who voted against Rice's nomination for Secretary of State and against Roberts for Supreme Court:
Voted Against Rice
Akaka (D-HI)
Bayh (D-IN)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Dayton (D-MN) Durbin (D-IL)
Harkin (D-IA)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA) Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Levin (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
Voted Against Roberts
Akaka (D-HI)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Boxer (D-CA)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Corzine (D-NJ)
Dayton (D-MN) Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD) Obama (D-IL)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
It IS weak. Your nation is weak, my nation is weak.
This is what Moussaoui did:
He was in jail on a visa violation in August 2001. He knew of the upcoming attacks.
In fact, he had taken flight lessons to take part in them. He told no one what was coming.
He lied to the FBI so the attacks could go forward.
He pled guilty last year to conspiring with al Qaeda; at his trial he bragged to the court that he had intended to be on the fifth aircraft, which was supposed to destroy the White House.
He knew the trigger was about to be pulled. He knew innocent people had been targeted, and were about to meet gruesome, unjust deaths.
He could have stopped it. He did nothing.
And so 2,700 people died.
.....Peggy Noonan
Why is no one asking these questions?
Three words: Boo Freakin' Hoo.
Never said he was or will be.
Disregard last post. bad source.
-- Inmates at Supermax are allowed telephone calls and visitors if they don't act up, though most communications at the nation's most secure federal prison are monitored. Inmates get one hour out of their cells each day to eat or play basketball or handball, though some earn longer recreation periods through good behavior. They can take academic courses via closed-circuit television in each cell. Religious services are conducted in a small chapel.
The Massaoui decision is an act of moral cowardice.
you hit the nail on the head. I lot of people don't get this. Freedom is far more precious. this punk will have the rest of his life to go nuttier.. He will live by our rules. We will tell him when he can shit, piss, or sleep
O.K. - now it makes sense. Thank you for your explanation!
The decision to try him in a US Civil Court was an act of moral cowardice.
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