Two high profile terrorist trials are about to begin. They will occur in two very different venues. Barack Hussein and Eric Holder have set up two different processes for them.
The group that bombed the USS Cole will go in front of a military court and face proceedings that are meant to deal with enemy combatants. These proceedings are typically sure and swift as the "defendants" are defined as an enemy force intending deliberate harm to the United States.
Then there is the group that masterminded and/or participated in the attacks of 9/11. (See my recent post, "What if?", Mr. President) This group will be tried under civil proceedings which will afford these "defendants" (with their confessions already in place) all of the Bill of Rights benefits that you or I would have guaranteed to us as U.S. citizens. There are so many principles being trampled in this process that it deserves a separate, future post.
But here is the bottom line to this, and a clear and disturbing message to terrorists world-wide:
If you are caught in an attempt to attack a U.S. military target, even with all of it's preparedness and ability to defend itself, you will face fast and sure justice at the hands of that same military. But if you are caught attacking an undefended civilian target, full of innocent victims, you will be given all of the rights and benefits that have been earned and defended with U.S. blood for over 200 years. Take your pick.
Thank you Mr. President for helping set the proper objectives for those who want to destroy us.
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