I am very proud that America has such an equitable justice system. It's not perfect but that's not possible anyway. Innocent until proven guilty, due process, fair day in court...all of that is great. That is, until the left started victimizing criminals (and terrorists) at every turn. I've often wondered why liberals are such staunch advocates of criminal behavior. If someone molests a child, well they had an alcoholic Dad themselves. If someone is a high seas, hostage seeking pirate...well they had it pretty rough in Africa and shouldn't be tried in U.S. Federal Court. The best argument is that terrorists only exist as a reaction to U.S. foreign policy. So through "progression" this country has become soft. After all, we wouldn't want to implement policies or consequences that deter crimes. Moral relativism (when it suits them), as long as there is some conditional pretense, then violence (murder) is acceptable.
It comes as no surprise, obviously, that the Obama administration is carefully deploying their political prosecution game and calling for the release of classified terrorist interrogation procedures and memos. I understand transparency in Government, and agree with it on a conditional basis. I understand the Freedom of Information Act, but I don't understand how people who aren't privy to classified intelligence briefings feel suited to question tactics used in defense of national security. Even now CIA officials are coming on the record to state that this will hamper the CIA's ability to obtain vital intelligence. Alan Colmes, on Imus the other day, stated that the CIA implemented torture as part of a "macho culture" and it's use had no real merit in gathering information. Really? Everyone else is the expert on international intel gathering except the actual experts, I love it. It's not like the CIA arbitrarily mustered up Muslim people and tortured them. They had the intel (that everyone else didn't) that these select people were terrorists of high interest and performed waterboarding and such as the most extreme means of gathering information they deemed (as the experts, not you liberals) crucial to preventing another attack. Bush didn't do anyone any favors by being so generous in his use of 9/11 and terrorism as a justification, however that doesn't mean that terrorism doesn't exist or isn't a real threat.
Going further on the issue is this question of morality. How "immoral" is it really? Special units of our armed forces undergo training methods similar to waterboarding. It's not like we are murdering these terrorist murderers. Detention facilities take special care to give them nutritious food and there is strict guidelines that limits "torture." There is even a doctor on hand to supervise. Who else but America takes such good care of their unconventional enemies? This human rights issue is being used by the left to sell their political witch hunt.
Where's the history on the politics of "torture"? I mean, didn't congress sign off on this with the consulting of legal advisors in 2002? They felt it was a necessary measure back then. Even outspoken critic, Nancy Pelosi was on board. She even received a virtual tour of facilities and specific details of interrogation (now torture) procedures by the CIA. Where was her opposition then?
Now this "unifying administration" wants to basically criminalize the previous administration through selective transparency. Obama first said that the release of torture memos was for education and to "move forward." Now, he has all but given Holder the green light to issue subpeonas to the past administration. Some liberals even want to prosecute down to the low level CIA officials. What kind of precedant are they going to set when you can criminalize the executive branch if you don't agree with their policy? Nothing would get done if every successor could question the legal basis for circumstances before him. It's simply un-American.
This whole battle cry is part of the phoney liberal notion that America, exclusively, is the cause of every problem in the world. Forget the fact that the CIA deemed these procedures effective. Obama, feels it's "morally deficient." We (some of you) elected a President, not an absolute authority on morality. We aren't tortuing children, these are high level terror masterminds. Could we say that the inability to exercise complete effectiveness in handling terrorists when we have the resources to is immoral if it results in the death of thousands of Americans? Liberals, who are usually morally vacant, are all of the sudden the champions of morality. Obama and the libs, soft on terrorism...tough on America.
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