Saturday, November 14, 2009
Important lesson
Listening to the usual experts discussing the upcoming civilian trial of KSM and others. One expert struck an important point, though he didn't realize it. "We've been running these military trials at Gitmo without much success, leading to some bad guys being released. The civilian courts have a better record of conviction."
Think about that. I'll grant that a big part of this specific problem is Bush's moronic confusion, throwing cases into military or civilian courts for no particular reason.
But there's still something dramatically wrong when military courts are softer and less pro-American than Federal civilian courts. Add in the Army's total inability to spot Hasan as an enemy penetrator even when he explicitly and openly adheres to the enemy every time he opens his mouth. His open advocacy of jihad was bizarrely labeled as "lack of academic rigor." And add in the well-documented brigade of lawyers who must give permission for every shot fired in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Conventional wisdom for a long time, especially among conservatives, has been that the military is the only competent part of the Federal gov't, the only loyal and decisive part.
Nope, this is obviously false. We should learn now that the military is the softest, least competent, most thoroughly subverted part of the gov't. ¶ 7:17 AM
Think about that. I'll grant that a big part of this specific problem is Bush's moronic confusion, throwing cases into military or civilian courts for no particular reason.
But there's still something dramatically wrong when military courts are softer and less pro-American than Federal civilian courts. Add in the Army's total inability to spot Hasan as an enemy penetrator even when he explicitly and openly adheres to the enemy every time he opens his mouth. His open advocacy of jihad was bizarrely labeled as "lack of academic rigor." And add in the well-documented brigade of lawyers who must give permission for every shot fired in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Conventional wisdom for a long time, especially among conservatives, has been that the military is the only competent part of the Federal gov't, the only loyal and decisive part.
Nope, this is obviously false. We should learn now that the military is the softest, least competent, most thoroughly subverted part of the gov't. ¶ 7:17 AM
