When Did Americans Become Such Cowards?
By John Aloysius Farrell, Thomas Jefferson Street blog
When did Americans become such cowards?
Our commanders in the war on terror have asked us to defuse a potent point of terrorist propaganda by shutting down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay.
And Republicans in Congress don't want us to do so...because their constituents are afraid to have detainees in U.S. prisons!?
What could they possibly be afraid of? That the detainees are going to endanger our good ol' American rapists and murderers?
Or that Al Qaeda is going to stage some kind of terrorist jail break, freeing their Arab brothers with ninja-like assault teams?
If so, why haven't they done so at Gitmo? Or at the Supermax in Colorado, where terrorists are held now?
When did Americans become such fools?
Is there any doubt that the release of more photographs showing detainee abuse would be anything but a gift to Al Qaeda?
It is not like this is a big secret. Not like we haven't seen dozens of these photographs already. The people's right to know has been more than adequately protected.
But no, says the Left... let's wallow in recrimination.
And, God forbid any of us should show self-control, brains and patriotism, and keep partisan bloodlust out of our discussion about methods of interrogation.
I hope that the 200,000 Americans in uniform in Iraq and Afghanistan are not paying attention to the current cycle of news stories in Washington.
It must be demoralizing to see the rest of us acting like such clowns—and making things more dangerous for them.
Have we forgotten the vows we made when the twin towers fell, and the Pentagon burned? That we would do what it takes to avenge our dead?
Bin Laden is still out there, laughing at us.
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terrorisom
terrorisom is hyped out of proportion.
Over 500.000 people die of cancer per year.
over 90 thousand die through lack of medical attention per year.
and over 140.000 people die on the roads.
The chances of occuring terrorist fatal injuries are extreamly rare.
Yet billons of dollars are poured into afganistan and iraq.??? in the so called fight to end terrorisom.
Where should your tax dollars really go?????.
Americans/cowards?
Big ups, Mr Farrell; Americans are sick of this political game play. Those of us who have loved ones in those GOD forsaken countries want our men and women home. We pray for their safe and speedy return. In the meantime, we have fools ruling the roost. Some of these are elected. Brand the beasts, deport them, bury them. More than Bin Laden is laughing, and it's getting old.
Move Terrorists To U.S.
I say "move the terrorists to the U.S. And right now. However, only move them to the U.S. if they are handcuffed to Obama, Pelosi, and the rest of the Democrat Senators and Representatives.
Give the Democrat wussies a chance to observe these beheaders up close and we'll see a totally different vote.
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