[La Lydia]

How much of this Judge's comments did we hear on our TV sets?

Now, let me explain this to you. We are not afraid of you or any of your terrorist co-conspirators, Mr. Reid. We are Americans. We have been through the fire before. There is too much war talk here and I say that to everyone with the ..You are not an enemy combatant. You are a terrorist. You are not a soldier in any war. You are a terrorist. To give you that reference, to call you a soldier, gives you far too much stature. Whether the officers of government do it, or your attorney does it, or if you think you are a soldier, you are not-----, you are a terrorist. And we do not negotiate with terrorists. We do not meet with terrorists. We do not sign documents with terrorists. We hunt them down one by one and bring them to justice.

[homegroan]

*I can dream this judge will be our President someday ping*

He made me swoon ;)

[melsec]

Did anyone really say this other than the person who wrote it. We all hope a judge or a President or anyone of any status would say this - sadly if it comes from Facebook it is just another FB meme.

[Pollster1]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/01/31/reid.transcript/

It got very light coverage ten years ago, but the original post is essentially what happened.

[3Fingas]

Wow, that was powerful. Who appointed this guy?

[yldstrk]

What an awesome judge. He has it right.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb built into his shoe and tried to light it?

[oldbrowser]

if you think you are a soldier, you are not-----, you are a terrorist. And we do not negotiate with terrorists. We do not meet with terrorists. We do not sign documents with terrorists

Meanwhile our leaders are negotiating with the Taliban on terms to end hostilities. (aka surrendering)

[Sir Napsalot]

Chief Justice in waiting?

CJ Roberts resign due to health problem......

[HiTech RedNeck]

Dealing with this as a crime rather than a war act has muddled lots of lines that used to be clear.

[FreeAtlanta]

Speaking of convicted terrorists, where are all those that were arrested from the 50 broken up terrorist attempts that the NSA saved us from?

Shouldn’t their be a lot of terrorist in prison or on trial for trying to carry out acts of terrorism against us?

A caller to a radio show yesterday made that point, and he is right. If the NSA really did save us from all those terrorist events, were are the terrorists? Obama believes in bragging and criminal trials instead of club Gitmo, so where are the trophies?

[PoloSec]

"you wondered where the press and the TV crews were,"

He was denied at sentencing, the media attention, he so desperately craved...I like that!

[VRW Conspirator]

...Here, in this society, the very wind carries freedom. It carries it everywhere from sea to shining sea...

[thouworm]

FYI ping

[Cementjungle]

Awesome. I hope Obama doesn’t pardon the guy.