WhatTF is going on here? And WhyTF is it going on here?

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“There is no stronger indication of danger than officials who don't want to hear what anybody else has to say, even when those who offer to help have a system that works better than ours. The fundamental issue goes beyond the Fort Hood massacre or the Christmas bomber. These are just symptoms of a larger set of attitudes and expediences reflecting the same outlook. Putting terrorists on trial in American criminal courts, under rules designed for American citizens, tells you all you need to know about whether the Obama administration is serious about security or is still playing the political correctness game. Terrorists are not covered by the Geneva convention for the simple reason that they do not abide by the Geneva convention. They are enemy combatants and you do not turn enemy combatants loose to go back to killing Americans while the war is still on — not if you are being serious, as distinguished from being political or ideological.” [emphasis added]
— Thomas Sowell, January 12, 2010

These are not difficult notions, are they? Terrorists are not entitled to the Constitutional protections for American citizens. Terrorists who want to kill Americans are, from our perspective, enemy combatants. The United States of America and, most especially, its Commander-in-Chief should command our armed forces to deal with these enemy combatants not as mere criminals, not as nimble adversaries, but as our mortal enemies. This is not just the obligation of The Obama Himself. It is His sworn duty!



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