When Americans are allowed to vote, a fireman's vote counts as
much as George Soros' vote. But if liberals can just get
terrorists into the judicial system, a Clinton-appointed judge
can rule on a defense funded by George Soros -- precisely what
happened in Stewart's case. Note that even in liberal New York
City, average citizens on the jury voted to convict Stewart,
despite her Soros-funded defense.
Democrats run apparently sane candidates for office, like
James Webb in Virginia and Bob Casey in Pennsylvania, who can
puff up their chests and pretend they want to pursue terrorists
-- while carping about any and all military action in the
terrorists' general direction. Instead, let's turn terrorists
over to courts full of Clinton and Carter judges! Democratic
candidates get to look tough, and the terrorists go
scot-free.
It would be frightening enough to treat terrorism as a
criminal law problem if it were Republicans saying it. But these
are Democrats. Their idea of a major criminal case is Tom DeLay's
campaign treasurer accidentally depositing a campaign
contribution into a checking account rather than a savings
account.
By contrast, terrorists imprisoned in Guantanamo for trying to
kill Americans must be treated as innocent little lambs. Oh, to
be there when Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman is exonerated due to
previously unavailable "DNA evidence"!
After President Bush signed a law this week providing for
military tribunals for terrorists being held at Guantanamo and
prohibiting their torture, Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold of
Wisconsin said, "We will look back on this day as a stain on our
nation's history." (Note to Democrats: It's still too soon to use
"stain" as a metaphor for a White House brouhaha.)
Democrats stood outside the White House shouting "Torture is a
crime!" and "Bush is the terrorist!" Yep, these are the people
who claim they're going to keep us all safe, America. Everybody
good with that?
Gen. George Washington tried Major John Andre, Benedict
Arnold's British co-conspirator, by military tribunal and ordered
Andre hanged within 10 days of his capture. Nazi saboteurs,
including an American citizen, captured on U.S. soil during World
War II were tried in secret by military commission and promptly
executed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Nuremberg trials
were a form of military tribunal.
But Democrats think military tribunals aren't good enough for
the terrorists plotting to kill Americans today. Liberals are
going to make the terrorists love us! What better way to start
than with criminal trials in front of judges like John
Koeltl?