Posted on 11/27/2001 8:19:47 PM PST by Pokey78
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:35 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
As I watch such liberal leading lights as Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy denounce President Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft for detaining certain aliens to stem future terrorist atrocities against Americans, and hear them rail against the constitutionality of reinstituting military commissions to bring terrorist murderers to justice, I have to wonder: Would their views be different if their hero, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, were president today?
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I think I've seen it all.
Isn't that like a bank robber justifying bank robbing on the grounds that other people had robbed banks in the past?
"Not now. Not ever. This trash isn't fit to line a bird-cage with"
Good job Rush!
Perkins, taking the pro-military tribunal side, made the compelling point that two crucial pieces of evidence became known to al-Qaeda terrorists as a direct result of open testimony from prior trials:
- testimony that ground level bombs could not bring down the WTC. It was even suggested by an explosives expert that something like a fully fueled jet would be the only thing that could do real damage to those buildings.
- testimony that the CIA was able to listen in on Bin Laden's cell phone conversations, causing him to desist permanently from using cell phones.
Disclosures like these put at risk the national security of the United States, arming terrorists with invaluable information. Military tribunals eliminate that problem.
Bump.
I love what's left of Rush but he's in the grip of a power base, no longer on the cutting edge or shining the light of truth.
His hearing isn't going to take him down, his bending will. The most sane voice today is Pat Buchanan, evidenced again by his stream of weekly articles. Rush along with the neocons, shunning Pat, shows how far Rush has falled.
Well if you listen to Rush, he name drops Kissinger often, especially when he trys to debunk the conspiracy theory.
No one is beating down Buchanan's door to get his opinion on anything
They should, he's more right than Rush, over a longer period. When Rush had him on for over an hour at the beginning of the last presidential campaign, the gap in savy intellect was obvious.
- except, of course, when he can trash other conservatives, Bush in particular.
They are not conservatives, neocons is a better term. Pat doesn't 'trash', and has supported Bush much more often than not. Proof is comparing his remarks with the likes of 'conservative' Safire and Kristol.
As Bubba Clinton would say, "close, but no cigar." In the correct context (and not trying to twist it around, as you obviously are attempting), at times of crisis, tough decisions have to be made.
BTW, nice screen name. Too bad it's spelled Sagittarius.
Well then, it just might interest you to know, that Pat has said that the military tribunals are a good idea, as well. Now, what are you going to say ? Hmmmmmmm ? It's about the ONLY thing that Pat and I have agreed about, in a long time, and I used to love reading / listening to what he had to say. LOL
Oh yeah, I remember him. He left civilization long ago and now resides as Chief Nutcase in the Land of Misfit Xenophobes.
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