A Victory for Justice

Hours after assuming office, President Obama ordered the trials of prisoners held in Guantanamo pushed back 120 days while he decided whether or not to even pursue the trials. This was widely hailed, if only by Obama's liberal pals and their lap dogs in the MSM, as a precursor to shutting down Gitmo as a holding place for terrorists awaiting military tribunals.

Now the chief judge for the war crimes trials has said no thanks. He pointed out that Obama instructed prosecutors to request the delays, because only the judge has the authority to delay these trials. The judge has refused to delay one of the trials on the basis it does not serve justice.

The accused is charged with being involved with the bombing of the USS Cole. In case you need reminding, seventeen American sailors lost their lives to an act of terrorism by a craven mob of cowards.

Thank God that someone has stood up to this "let's be nice to the terrorists, let's not make them feel too bad, let's try to understand their hurt feelings, let's not make them uncomfortable, let's afford them civil rights only guaranteed to American citizens, let's not even call them terrorists" mentality.

I saw the devastation of the USS Stark in 1988 that was hit by Iraqi missiles. I saw the devastation of the USS Samuel B. Roberts that hit floating mines. I was nearby when the USS Vincennes defended itself by shooting down a plane that was divebombing towards it, and I witnessed the terrorists' reaction when they firebombed a van in San Diego. This was a van whose occupants were civilians - the wife and children of the Captain of the Vincennes.

I am not ready to award these people the same civil rights as American citizens. They want to play war without wearing uniforms, then they are treated as combatants who don't wear uniforms. They are not civilians, and they are most certainly not American citizens.