Monday, February 01, 2010
KSM and all that
Surprisingly, brand-R commentators are making a valid logical refutation of the idiotic decision to try an enemy combatant in NY. The leftist point is absurd as always: "Military trials are a recruitment tool for al-Qaeda." This idiotic argument is also being made by some top Army people, which tells you exactly which side the Army is on. Not that we didn't already know.
The counter-logic is easy: Sheikh Osama was attacking us before we had tried any of his soldiers; he continued attacking us after we had convicted some of his soldiers in civil courts, and he continued attacking us after we had tried some of his soldiers in military tribunals. He doesn't give a shit where or how we try his soldiers.
I'm truly amazed that the brand-R folks were able to make this argument. It's not contained in the phrase ZERO TAXES ON BILLIONAIRES so it should be well beyond their range of "thought", using that word loosely.
But both sides are missing a deeper argument.
As soon as we started showing confusion in 2001, as soon as DOJ (Department of Jesse Jackson) began throwing its treasonous weight around, randomly yanking prisoners out of military custody with no justification except the AG's bloated ego, we effectively surrendered.
What really counts in defense is not the form of trial you use with enemy prisoners. What really counts is showing the enemy that you know what the fuck you're doing, and that you know the goddamn difference between enemies and friends. Instead, we have shown constant weakness and confusion; we have allowed the subversives in DOJ and the Army to take control. ¶ 7:07 AM
The counter-logic is easy: Sheikh Osama was attacking us before we had tried any of his soldiers; he continued attacking us after we had convicted some of his soldiers in civil courts, and he continued attacking us after we had tried some of his soldiers in military tribunals. He doesn't give a shit where or how we try his soldiers.
I'm truly amazed that the brand-R folks were able to make this argument. It's not contained in the phrase ZERO TAXES ON BILLIONAIRES so it should be well beyond their range of "thought", using that word loosely.
But both sides are missing a deeper argument.
As soon as we started showing confusion in 2001, as soon as DOJ (Department of Jesse Jackson) began throwing its treasonous weight around, randomly yanking prisoners out of military custody with no justification except the AG's bloated ego, we effectively surrendered.
What really counts in defense is not the form of trial you use with enemy prisoners. What really counts is showing the enemy that you know what the fuck you're doing, and that you know the goddamn difference between enemies and friends. Instead, we have shown constant weakness and confusion; we have allowed the subversives in DOJ and the Army to take control. ¶ 7:07 AM
