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Getbig Main Boards => Politics and Political Issues Board => Topic started by: 240 is Back on November 19, 2009, 07:27:16 PM
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The Obama's administration's decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged 9/11 plotters in New York City has sparked a great number of heated expressions of offense from Republicans -- and may now have landed President Obama in legal hot water.
Obama defended his decision on Wednesday by telling MSNBC's Chuck Todd, "I don't think it will be offensive at all when he's convicted and when the death penalty is applied to him." When Todd expressed surprise at the remark, Obama hastily corrected himself, insisting, "What I said was people will not be offended if that's the outcome. I'm not pre-judging it."
Constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley chuckled over Obama's predicament on MSNBC's Countdown, telling substitute host Lawrence O'Donnell, "He certainly came across as the Queen of Hearts, calling for a sentence first and a verdict later."
"He knows that's a problem," Turley went on, more seriously. "The great irony is that in defending this noble decision of his to give a fair trial to these men, he then crossed the line and is likely to be cited by the feds that it's not quite so fair."
The Obama administration has been fairly cavalier so far in brushing off the possibility that any of the defendants might be found innocent. According to Attorney General Eric Holder, ""I would not have authorized the bringing of these prosecutions unless I thought that the outcome -- in the outcome we would ultimately be successful."
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This is a wet dream for these Muslim douchebags. I'm guessing we're going to hear about this again when all of their appeals come up.
Great job Barry!
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Couldn't we have had all this shit wrapped up years ago in the military tribunals that even Obama said "worked well"?
Why is this shit even going on right now? Why did we drag it out? Why give these idiots the world stage and make the courtroom into a global circus? This isn't OJ Simpson, this war and it should be handled as such.
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hey 240 what do you think is worse for recruiting gitmo or this three ring circus?
LOL I thought the whole point of closing gitmo was to prevent terrorist from using it as a recruiting tool.
LOL this isnt any better I would say
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This is a wet dream for these douchebags. I'm guessing we're going to hear about this again when all of their appeals come up.
Great job Barry!
{sigh} I'm inclined to agree with you. :-\
Not so much on his remarks tho they were rather unfortunate, ...but simply the mere decision to try them in NY.
Yes, it has been many years since the attack, ...but where, ...especially in NY can you find a fair and impartial jury? If the mere incident wasn't enough, with the way 911 has been exploited by politicians and others with an agenda, i think it would be near impossible to find a jury in NY that didn't have strong, indelibly etched feelings on the situation. That case had better be iron-clad ...cause if not... the fallout will be worse that Hiroshima. It would also be the time to keep your eyes peeled, ...cause it's gonna turn into the mother of all 3-card monty games. :-\