Anyone who disagrees with this suggestion, incidentally, is giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
What, and take Kennedy away from his Johnny Walker, and I don't mean the American turncoat.
Yes Ascroft blew them away, however, you are threading on shaky ground when you start ASSUMING that that the Democrats are not patriotic and that they are Al-Queda loyalists. Just like ANY other politician, they are most loyal to themselves. If they think they can make some points with the public or at least churn up some $$ from their partisans, they will. This is true, left or right. Face it.
This is the same party that wants to do away with our consitutional rights. Apparently, they seem to be far more concerned with the civil liberties of these terrorists than they are with the safety and secuurity of our country. They don't seem to have a problem with violating the constitutional rights of their detractors but let our side put these terrorists on trial and all of a sudden they have a cow.
Gee, the Dems want to take away our right to own a gun, to say a prayer in school, or to have a religious symbol on public property. The Republicans want to take away the Dems rights to have an abortion, the Libertarians rights to smoke their dope, and the Reform Party's right to be a party. Im shocked. Seems like poltical parties are more concerned about the rights of their voters than the oppositions voters. Again, Im shocked.
Who in this country has had more problems in the past with their civil liberties being infringed? Might we guess that Jewish voters having gone thru the Holocaust might be more concerned about civil liberties? The extreme left is likely to have a knee jerk reaction to this as after all they were the targets of McCarthyism, not Republicans. Also those most likely to be incarcerated are poor and black. While this is to a large extent true hecause they are more likely to commit crimes, its also true that they are less likely to have a decent lawyer. So add together jews, extreme leftists, the poor and blacks and what do you have? About half of the Democratic party. Any clearer now on why they may raise this as an issue other than they are just a bunch of commie pinkos?
I think we all want a fair trial for all persons charged with crimes whether it is civilian or military.
Apparently what Daschele and his gang are protesting is a trial by a military tribunal.
I believe--and correct me if I am wrong-- that our servicemen go before a military tribunal when they are charged with crimes. Should our enemies be treated differently?
Perhaps Arlen Specter using Scottish Law should defend them.