Here We Go: The MSM Lines Up Against USA In Hamdan Case
As soon as Salim Ahmed Hamdan was convicted Wednesday, July 6, there were several things expected
- The ACLU and other leftist organizations would pitch hissy fits. Mission accomplished
- Many liberals/progressives would tell us the decision was bad and would take the opportunity to rail at BushCo. Mission accomplished
- The Credentialed Media would release editorials against the decision. Mission accomplished!
Starting with CBS News, who had theirs out late Wednesday
So the tiny little fish in the barrel was indeed shot. In the least surprising verdict of this or any other year, a panel of U.S. soldiers Wednesday convicted former Osama bin Laden chauffeur Salim Hamdan of supporting al Qaeda operations before and shortly after the terror attacks on America. (snip)
And so a trial that changed the face of American constitutional law (and may yet do so again) ends precisely as it was designed to end by the people in power who designed the legal war on terror. With a conviction. With the White House and Pentagon boasting of the efficacy of the process. And with a model now set for the much more important trials of Mohammed and Ramzi Binalshibh, two truly bad guys. This round goes to the government in a fight that was rigged from the beginning. What happens in the next few rounds is anyone’s guess.
And the article got across exactly the tone the Progressives wanted, inciting exactly the type of comments one would expect, such as
when we subvert the law to protect the likes of bush,
we become the terrorists,
all americans should be ashamed after this sham trial
At least the article at CBS was by an individual. The one at the New York Times represents the position of the New York Times: Guilty As Ordered
Now that was a real nail-biter. The court designed by the White House and its Congressional enablers to guarantee convictions of high-profile detainees in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba — using evidence obtained by torture and secret evidence as desired — has held its first trial. It produced … a guilty verdict.
The rules of justice on Guantánamo are so stacked against defendants that the only surprise was that Mr. Hamdan was actually acquitted on the more serious count of conspiring (it was unclear with whom) to kill Americans during the invasion of Afghanistan after Sept. 11, 2001.
We are not arguing that the United States should condone terrorism or those who support it, or that the guilty should not be punished severely. But in a democracy, trials must be governed by fair rules, and judges must be guided by the law and the evidence, not pressure from the government. The military commission system, which falls far short of these standards, is a stain on the United States.
In other words, give terrorist, people who are NOT American citizens and/or not applying for US citizenship, the full rights of American citizens. Funny how the sympathy on the Left goes to the Islamists, wrapped up in fake caring about Constitutional Rights.
The headline, tone, and writing of the editorial also seems to be taking shots at the military folks who served during this trial, apparently calling them mindless automatons.
Quite frankly, the Bush Admin. did mess up, as they should have named the Islamists who were caught as POW’s, as distasteful as that is, so that they could have held them until the end of the War on Terrorism, without any trials, per the Geneva Convention.
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Posted by William Teach on August 7, 2008 7:50 am
» Filed Under ACLU, Islamicfascism, Liberal Media/Bias, News, Revisionism, War On Terror, military
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OK, We know the ACLU is
anti-American/anti-Christian organization.
So what are we going to do about it? (ò¿ó)
I think your homo candidate, John McCain, is telling you something here:
“‘The fact that the jury did not find Hamdan guilty of all of the charges brought against him demonstrates that the jury weighed the evidence carefully,’ McCain said.”
msm is dying, it wont be long now.
OK, as someone else has said, they convicted a truck driver of driving a truck.
Several things come to mind about these so called trials at GITMO, The meaning of “war crimes” as defined by the trials of some war criminals in Germany, after WW 2, there are laws, international in scope that defines the rules of war, which in this conflict of the USA against the middle east have been pretty much ignored and would have been totally ignored, had it not been for Orgs. such as the ACLU.
Does anyone in their right mind think that Bin Laden’s driver was a part of planning the attack on the Trade Center Buildings?
To me, the idea that some guy, walking around in Afghanstan, carring a few cell phones and a road map organized the attack on the world trade center is all most laughable.
That does not mean that the Saudis might very well have had a lot to do with that attack.
After all, 17 out of 20 or close to that were from Saudia Arabia, training paid for by the Arab world, and since Saudia Arabia is still the largest funder of terrorism, I am inclined to think the Royal Family and friends had far more to do with the bombing that the goat herder this attack has been blamed on.
And my bet is that Osama Bin Laden is alive and well, living in comfort in some small palace in Saudia Arabia.
Caleb go back to kos where you can quote mccain out of context
Caleb just took mccain out of context please ban him
It takes much more to get banned here. I rarely ban anyone, especially if they display exactly how ignorant the left are. Why ban someone who makes my job easier?