[Elsiejay]

The Dems are screwed?? Terrorists now are to be tried as war criminals in U. S. courts, fully defended by Ramsey Clark and a panoply of volunteer ACLU enemies of liberty, who will claim, in part, that inasmuch as the Congress has not formally declared war on anyone these "illegally" detained defendants cannot be guilty of war crimes. That will be merely one step in a campaign to tie these prosecutions in judicial knots forever. Such are the fruits of federal judges assuming control over the prosecution of a war. And you say the Dems are screwed? Instead, America is being screwed.

[MattinNJ]

We want Ramsey Clark, the ACLU, and the Moonbats to come out into the light. Since they hold the dem purse strings, the dems will have no choice but to fight this....and get pummeled beyond recognition.

I went to see a mindless action flick, "Crank" this weekend. The main character throws a paki cab driver out of his cab and onto the streets and yelss "Al Queda, Al Queda" whereupon two little old ladies proceed to break every bone in the cab drivers body. That is how America feels and that is something the cocktail inner beltway elites do not understand.

Let the dems step right in front of this train.

[WOSG]

"The Dems are screwed?? Terrorists now are to be tried as war criminals in U. S. courts, fully defended by Ramsey Clark and a panoply of volunteer ACLU enemies of liberty, who will claim, in part, that inasmuch as the Congress has not formally declared war on anyone these "illegally" detained defendants cannot be guilty of war crimes."

This is not true, that is not what is required nor planned (there are still military tribunals but USSC ruling requires some Congressional action to specific rules) but even if it were, it would definitely help expose the anti-American terrorist supporters for who they really are.

[oceanview]

all that could be done, has been done. we can't expect the President to fight the war all alone - with the entire judiciary against him, and Congress unwilling to pass needed laws, and on and on. Bush pursued this to the end, what do you want him to do now?

He has challenged Congress here - he has served up the worst of the captured terrorist bunch, 9/11 plotters, and is telling Congress "what rights would you like to give them?".

We know where the Dems are on this, and unfortunately in the Senate, there are many republican weak hands on this issue, led by McCain and Graham. That's the reality we are dealing with.