Criminalizing Terror

Yes, I still take requests. Sorry here goes for those of you who seek some hot issues wisdom from the “Wizard.”

In the famous boring words of coaches and athletes everywhere - "we are going to take it one issue at a time however."

Enemy Combatants In New York Court House
So let me get this right – the current administration is going to provide the same constitutional protections to enemy combatants captured on some foreign battlefield as granted a 16-year old pimple-faced kid in Gary, Indiana, who shoplifts a pack of extra small rubbers from the local Revco.

What’s wrong with this picture? Hell, where do I start?

First, this has never been done. These terrorists are not U.S. citizens and were not captured – notice I said captured not arrested – on U.S. soil. Therefore, by definition, they are strictly enemy combatants and should be dealt with in military courts - i.e. military tribunals. That’s what has always happened in the past and no U.S. law that I know of has been changed recently to affect a change in process/venue.

Secondly, bringing them to New York and putting them on trial in a civilian courtroom provides them rights and privileges that will make it harder on the prosecution and easier for the defense to turn this into a three-ring circus never see before on this planet.

This will make the OJ Trial look like the local drunk’s bi-yearly traffic court case in Plano, Texas.

Can you imagine the motions to suppress that will come of this alone?

For example, these creatures weren’t read their Miranda Rights after capture. Does that mean that some of the evidence gathered will not permissible? And that’s just one example from a non-lawyer who has a merely primitive understanding of our criminal judicial system. Think what a sharp attorney can come up with?

Third, this will give these pricks the stage they seek. They will be able to spew their anti U.S. venom in from of the world stage for months and months, if not years.

Fourth, the security measure alone will cost taxpayers in excess of $100 million dollars for this trial.

Fifth, this is a slap in the face of relatives and friends of the victims of 9-11 who were killed a few short blocks away. The large majority of those who still grieve today do not want this trial in their backyard. This will only serve to make them relive the horrors of that terrible day.

Sixth, the President and his attorney general (Eric Holder) have both publicly stated they are “certain” convictions will results and these individuals will be put to death for their crimes.

There’s nothing like poisoning the potential jury pool, hey guys? A first-year law student would have tons of fun with these asinine and inappropriate statements prior to trial when the jury selection process gets here.

Seventh, what if, by some chance, one lone jury – with an IQ near the daily temperature in San Diego, holds out and the prosecution fails to get full convictions?

You say it isn’t possible? In the famous words of an OJ juror as she left the courtroom after the verdict - “I don’t know nothin’ about no DNA!” Enough said.

Eight – the administration keeps going to the “we want to show that we are better than they are and show everyone how our system of justice can work” card. Right.

Then how come everyone with a law degree who has commented on this move has alredy stated, if by some chance these animals are acquitted, they would be re-arrested the minute they left the courtroom on other charges.

In other words, they ain’t going free! Period.

Do you think that set of circumstances would go over well in Algeria or South Yemen?

This group of morons in charge spent the past three years telling us how the previous administration recruited tons and tons of terrorists for the bad guys with how they handled the War on Terror, Gitmo, water boarding, etc.

And I’m sure this trial won’t disintegrate into a freak show, the Muslim world will fully grasp the nuances of our judicial system, and by some slim chance these guys get off and are re-arrested immediately, that won’t piss off jobless, 20-year old Muhammad Akbar Hakim in some refugee camp somewhere in the middle of some god-awful desert - making him an easy recruit to slip on 50 pounds of TNT with the desire to blow himself up and as many as he can take with him in some mall somewhere in middle-America.

Finally, this simply was not necessary. The administration has made it clear other terrorists are and will continue to be tried with military courts/tribunals. They (Obama & Company) specifically chose to put the biggest fish on trial in our criminal court system.

This was a cold, calculated, horrid decision with a downside the size of a lunar crater.

And here’s the kicker – these pieces of crap ALREADY CONFESSED & have asked to be sent to martyrdom where they can meet up with their 72 virgins.

No one has explained to me yet why a trial is even necessary when they’ve pled guilty already.

A personal note from a Catholic is in order here - if there truly is a God, the 72 virgins waiting are actually be 40 year-old men who look like they’re 60, with pot bellies, smelly pits and formerly possessed full NAMBLA membership while of this earth.

Now the only question remaining is why would this administration take this route?

Of course some of it has to do with appeasing the political base (far left nuts) – who want to see Bush and the CIA on trial as much, if not more, than the mastermind of 9-11.

My guess is the rest is likely pure arrogance – the belief by this bunch that they know best. It’s similar to the current health care debate. Forget what the majority of the people want. We are the smart ones and we know what is best for the masses.

This is dangerously close to a Marxist line of thinking – the concept that the masses cannot think for themselves and need to be guided, manipulated and controlled.

You see, assuming there’s no boom boom in New York City during this trial, Obama and his crew get a two-fer!

What’s a two-fer? I’m glad you asked. They (Obama & crew) get to blame George Bush and the CIA (read: Water boarding) all over again while likely getting full convictions.

The problem is the downside – the biggest circus trial in history, at a ridiculous financial cost, and more importantly, emotional expense for those near Ground Zero, and the nation for that matter, a job made more difficult with many more potential roadblocks for the prosecuting attorneys, and a world-stage for those who hate this nation, both in the courtroom in shackles and outside the courtroom across the planet.

The problem is - this bunch in charge simply don’t care. They have an agenda and they are simply grinding it out. The term used to describe the current administration is “ideologues.”

I would simplify it and just say what we have here is the radical 1960s/70s crew that was busy smoking as much pot as possible, dancing naked to Joplin/Hendrix songs, organizing sit-ins across college campuses, and basically rebelling against authority at every turn, now finally in charge and making the decisions - with a charming, likeable, personable, 48-year old, who looks in way over his head, as their figure-head in charge.

It's the inmates running the asylum.

America wanted change - and they got it. Boy did they get it.

Next – the Health Care Debate or Palin Mania – you choose.