ACLU will defend Guantanamo inmates, and America’s honor
I received an e-mail update from the ACLU that describes their intentions, and why, to defend the 9/11 suspects. Very powerful stuff. I went to check some of the people who are backing the ACLU in their endeavor. One group was the September 11th Advocates, some the wives of those killed in the towers and the Pentagon. That these women, who lost the lives they had before that horrendous occasion, still demand that we give every consideration to those innocent until proven guilty, shows that America is still the greatest country in the world. Here’s their statement:
September 11th Advocates
Patty Casazza, Monica Gabrielle, Mindy Kleinberg, Lorie Van Auken
The September 11th Advocates are women whose spouses died on 9/11. The group was instrumental in the formation of the 9/11 Commissions and later called for a new, independent panel.
Sphere: Related ContentAs women whose husbands were killed on September 11, 2001, we feel strongly that the perpetrators of that horrific crime should be brought to justice. But first it is imperative to prove that these six detainees are indeed the guilty parties.
Unfortunately, the Administration insists on trying the suspects in the broken military commissions system. Prosecuting these men within a system that is secretive in nature and lacking in due process, and which uses evidence tainted by questionable interrogation methods and possibly even torture, is a dangerous endeavor. All Americans, and indeed the entire international community, must have the opportunity to witness for themselves the body of evidence that ties these individuals to the 9/11 terrorists’ plot. Otherwise the credibility of any verdict will lack legitimacy. Moreover, unless these trials are above reproach, any convictions will bring the wrath of the international community, damaging what is left of America’s standing in the world. Considering that we continue to rely heavily on cooperation from other nations to provide us with intelligence information on would be terrorists, this course of action can only be detrimental to these crucial relationships, thereby jeopardizing our national security.
These trials, when they finally take place, will be scrutinized around the globe. Unless the victims’ families, the American public and the entire world can be convinced that we are trying and convicting the people who are truly responsible for the 9/11 crimes, these trials will be seen as a miserable failure, dimming our prospects of improved international relationships, and making us more vulnerable to terrorist attacks in the future.
But seriously…
April 3, 2008 by Trog69 · 4 Comments
Fresh meat on Sirens..I would like to introduce Trog69..a humorous old coot who is usually spot-on with his assessments of the New World Order. ~ Dusty
I really respect and admire Glenn Greenwald, but I watched him on BloggingHeads.tv debating Anne Marie Cox and I gotta say, he is one sour mofo. Not a
hint of a smile for a solid hour. It really distracted me from focusing on his comments ’cause I kept wanting to tell him to fer Chrissakes, loosen up. thwap’s schoolyard, another blog I really like, has much the same problem. We argued yesterday after he posted about how Jon Stewart should quit kidding around about Iraq, because we Americans (Yeah, he’s a Canadian) are not worked up enough about stopping the war. I might have agreed that perhaps we should watch other programs besides The Daily Show, but to suggest that an Anchorman on a FAKE news show, on the Comedy Channel, should get serious, is a bit much. Thwap has poked the eyes of a whole mess of Righties, nailed them with some real zingers, so I know he’s got a funny bone there, somewhere.
These are two who I admire greatly for their outstanding work for the true progressive movement, and for human rights globally. I just think that, as we see greed and warmongering and are outraged over injustices done to the weak and needy, sometimes ya gotta pull yourself back from the bleak, and try to temper it with some humor.
I have a confession to make. I’ve read many Ann Coulter articles, and laughed. With her, not just at her. She does know how to stick the shiv in, and twist that sucker around a few turns. Yes, she looks like Stretch Armstrong reaching so far out there to tie the Left to all things unholy, but once in a while she does finally catch that damned fly, and it’s a hoot. Ya know what I think? I bet if she knew that a leftie like me laughed, along with the ignoramuses that agree with her, at her skewers of the populist worldview, it’d piss her off a little.
