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Brenda226 Wrote: Nov 21, 2009 8:31 PM

The editorial in The Tribune could have been written by Obama himself. Because it is nothing but flowery language with no basis in reality. "We have more faith in the American courts". Ha! The same court(s) that have granted terrorists the same rights as any American citizen? The same one that approved abortion on demand? Yeah, right. Forgive me if I can't sleep at night because of the far-left tilt of our courts.
The Tribune says that "federal prisons are skilled in dealing with high-risk inmates". Fine, but most inmates are not terrorists with thousands of others on the outside prepared to die for their cause. What makes them so sure that terrorists (can we still call them that?) won't try to break them out or simply attack and...

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“It’s a dream come true!” declared Senator Dick Durbin referring to the economic benefits of bringing terrorists from Gitmo to tiny Thomson, Illinois. “…that’s an opportunity we are not going to miss.”

The Chicago Sun-Times chided opponents with an editorial entitled “Don’t Let Fear Decide Fate of Gitmo Inmates.” And Governor Pat Quinn, with great bravado, declared, “We’re not going to let the fear mongers carry the day. We’re going to do things right, the Illinois way!”