Monroe Chat

....Giuliani: Obama Repeating 'Mistake of History' With Sept. 11 Trial Decision

I agree wholeheartedly with Giuliani, the defendants are offered more civil liberties when tried in a civilian Court as opposed to a military trial.

I was surprised to read this, I believe that there are changes with each administration that we won't agree with, however this is a different issue (for me) the crimes they stand accused of are indeed an 'act of war' and should be addressed accordingly.

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Fox News:
The mayor who oversaw rescue efforts in the wake of the attacks on lower Manhattan tells "Fox News Sunday" the president is only granting the "wish" of Khalid Sheikh Mohammad at the expense of the American people and that the conspirators should be tried in a military tribunal.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani accused the Obama administration of "repeating the mistake of history" by bringing the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and his accomplices to New York for a civilian trial, saying the administration has definitively reverted to a "pre-9/11 approach."

The mayor who oversaw rescue and recovery efforts in the wake of the attacks on lower Manhattan told "Fox News Sunday" the president is only granting the "wish" of Khalid Sheikh Mohammad at the expense of the American people and that the conspirators should be tried in a military tribunal.

He questioned why the administration would use the tribunals for other suspects but not the Sept. 11 conspirators.

"What the Obama administration is telling us loud and clear is that both in substance and reality, the War on Terror from their point of view is over," Giuliani said. "(Mohammad) should be tried in a military tribunal. He is a war criminal. This is an act of war."

The Obama administration's decision Friday to bring the alleged conspirators to New York has triggered a backlash from those who say a civilian trial affords the defendants rights they do not deserve, treats them as ordinary criminals and could be used as a platform to spew anti-American rhetoric as well as critique the actions of the Bush administration.

Giuliani said the biggest problem is that the United States is treating terrorists as it did after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which was followed by a string of other terrorist attacks on Americans overseas and finally by the Sept. 11 massacre.

And he suggested that such a high-profile trial in New York City would burden New York City both with the added risk of an attack and the added cost of security expenses.

"Of course it's going to create more security concerns. Just wait and see how much New York City spends on this in order to protect him," Giuliani said. "This gives all the benefits to the terrorists and much less benefits to the public."

Full story: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11 ... -decision/

I have never understood the rational behind this seemingly so important aspect of the left to bring them their day in American civil courts! These poor souls have demonstarated in alarming numbers that when released (by the Bush administration as well as this one) they will pick back up their weapons and attempt to kill Americans. The confirmed numbers of those whom have is staggering!!

Now we want to put Americans at risk, put terrorist on center stage to make a mockery of our justice system, allow secret/sensitive information to be released, and give them a world wide center stage spotlight for terrorist recruiting, both here and abroad!!

We have confronted the enemy and they are us!! We will not be conquered from abroad, but from within we will implode. The Russians, it now appears were very accurate with their assessment of this scenario fifty years ago when they said they would take "us" without firing a shot.