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The Reality of Terrorist Trials

During his testimony before the Senate the Attorney General of the United States said that he is sure there will be a conviction of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others.  Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has already admitted his part in the planning of the 911 attacks, before a military judges. Attorney General Holder has stated he is sure there will be a conviction even in civilian courts.  If true what is the reason for moving the trial from military to civilian courts? The answer is clear... there is no ligament reason, only reasonings based on money and politics.
 

Money
 
If we look at other recent government trials such as the Bernie Madoff trial it is clear to see that defense attorneys are going to become rich quickly while defending these enemy combatants.  The government provided council for Mr. Madoff have made upwards of $4 million a day in his defense.  Who knows what the defense team for KSM will make.  Void of any other real reason we need to pay very close attention to who the defense attorneys are and make note of their connection to both the Obama administration and the Democrat Party.  The reality is that this will be the perfect opportunity to "pay-off" friends and cronies especially if these attorneys spend more time putting the Bush administration on trial instead of the terrorists.
 
Political
 
As if the Democrats have not already politicized everything else in life they will likely use their political cronies under the guise of defense attorneys to politicize our judaical system.  Not having the guts to actually bring their lies about the Bush administration to open court where Bush and Chaney can defend themselves they will likely use these terror trials to air and give false validaty to those lies.  Let's count how many times the prosecution actually objects when they start talking about interrogation techniques and national security.
 
Having worked on the inside of Democrat campaigns I know the disdain the Democrats have for the average American.  I know how stupid they think we are.  I have seen first-hand the elitist mentality.  But the claims by Obama that he has had nothing to do with the decision to try these terrorists in civilian courts is the pinnacle of playing us all as fools.  The reality is, as Commander and Chief he is not required to release these military prisoners to civilian custody.  It is his prerogative not the Attorney General. In fact if he cared at all about separation of powers or the Constitution he would refuse on this point alone. 
 
I am beginning to believe that President Obama is not at all well educated especially in law.  Universally Constitutional Lawyers are taught that when it comes to the Law precedent is everything.  If a lawyer comes before the Supreme Court armed only with ideology and no precedent his argument will die before it can ever be delivered.  Legally... precedent dictates that these prisoners should be tried in military courts.  In fact there is no precedent to the contrary. If the President doesn't know that than he is indeed far less intelligent than Joe Biden thought he was (reference to early in the campaign when Mr. Biden said that Obama was "clean and intelligent"). 
 
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The Tell-Tell Signs of Ignorance or Deceit

Obama's approach to the problems in Honduras where the Honduran President was taking steps to circumvent that countries Constitution, is very telling. It shows that Obama is either far more unintelligent than we all thought or he is indeed more supportive of social democrat dogma than in the process' of liberty, freedom, or democracy.

Ignorance

As usual the major press outlets are reporting this story all wrong, or at least willfully shadowing the facts by calling the recent actions in Honduras a "coup". They would like us to believe that the president of Honduras was over thrown by an anti-government rebellion. But the reality is that the actions that took place in Honduras were not a coup but were actions to preserve the Constitution of Honduras. The actions were ordered by the Supreme Court of that nation with the full support of its Congress. Even the Honduran President's own political party supports him being removed from office. These actions are no more a coup than were the troops that were sent to Little Rock Central High school in 1957.

When faced with the lawful execution of a constitutional democracy Obama responds with support for the demagogue who was attempting to in-sight a real coup against Honduras's Constitution. While I can understand why the UN would support the rise of a dictator in Honduras, why would Obama do this? Well he is either, way over his head and this is just another example of his inexperience, or he is doing this on purpose.

Deceit

Many people wrongly believe that democracies can not foster dictatorships even when faced with the historic record showing this is simply not true. The only thing that stands in the way of the rise of a dictator in most democracies is its Constitution and laws. This may be why Obama said a few years ago that the biggest "problem" with the Constitution of the united states it that it contains too many things the government "can't do". Adolf Hitler's became Chancellor of Germany legally, but the way he exercised and maintained power was completely illegal under German law. It was the federal judges ignoring the laws, that made it possible for Hitler to become the dictator over the German democracy. This is exactly what the Honduran Supreme Court was acting to prevent.

The sad truth is that if Obama believes that an individual or even a popular group of individuals are perfectly within their rights to trample the Constitution of a democratic nation what might he be willing to do to this nation utilizing his popularity and his filibuster proof majority? It is so much easier for a Dictator when he doesn't have to explain himself or answer to the people on the street. Look how easy it has been for Iran now that they control the information leaving that nation.

Let's pray that Obama is just inexperienced and not a true believer in the actions he is supporting. Let's hope he is simply stumbling around as our President. But I must confess how alarming it is that we elected a man, who in his public statements, avoids the use of words like liberty, freedom, and democracy.
 
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