President Obama has ordered the U.S. government to suspend prosecutions of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay for 120 days “in the interest of justice”.
I am all for “justice”. I am for justice for the loss of life of over 3,000 Americans on September 11, 2001. I am all for justice for the countless lives lost in Iraq (members of our armed forces as well as Iraqi citizens). I am all for justice for the lives lost as the result of terrorists who maniacally take other peoples lives for their own glory.
This military prison, set up by the Bush administration in 2002, has become a major issue because critics argue it has become a symbol of mismanagement and overreach in the war on terror.
Don’t let this ‘symbol of mismanagement and overreach’ become the making of another symbol. That being that in the rush to cleanse ourselves of the atrocities of the Bush administration we allow terrorists to go free.
Jamil Dakwar, a representative for the American Civil Liberties Union at the base, said the ACLU believes all charges against the prisoners should be dropped.
Jamil Dakwar is a moron.
Among those facing trial at Guantanamo Bay is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the confessed organizer of the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.
Why should this man go free after his responsibility in killing over 3,000 Americans?
This is the major problem I have with the ACLU. They would rather Americans ‘forgive’ him his murderous actions by turning the other cheek, to allow him and terrorists like him to strike that cheek as well.
Haven’t these bleeding hearts learned anything from the past? Love does not conquer all. Society cannot allow murders and sociopaths to walk free among the very people they feel compelled to kill.
I am a compassionate person. I believe in live and let live. But I also understand the fatalistic flaw of that philosophy. If this world consisted only of people who practiced this philosophy humans rights groups such as the ACLU and Human Rights Watch would not be necessary. Unfortunately, this is not reality. We don’t live in a perfect world where violence is not considered a viable answer.
The true reality is that we are forced to deal with murderous self-interests who are out to eradicate anyone who does not believe as they do. It is our duty, to ourselves, to our future, and to all of the murdered victims, to correctly identify those self-interests and remove them from our society.
The ACLU needs to balance its pursuit of the protection of human rights for the living with demanding justice for the victims of people like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
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