Guantanamo Bay “protest”
On April 24th, Amnesty International Held a protest here on Mason’s campus, in which they covered the campus in orange paper. This trash was everywhere, hanging all over the trees. In the “free speech area” they blocked the road with even more garbage by building a cell. In actuality the cell they built was a lot smaller than what the real ones are, and they gave out false anti-government propaganda. These wanna-be anti-war hippies were interviewed with Connect2Mason.com, in which they gave their reasons for wishing to protect terrorists. Another notable thing, the protest was delayed a week because they didn’t want to get wet. Either that or they are lazy.
During the “protest” one of the demonstrators said that “Guantanamo is violating a lot of our constitutional rights.” Oh really? How does that work out? Since when do state-less terrorists have constitutional rights of a country that they hate and intend on destroying?
Another notable quote: “Our goal is to get 200 signatures so we can hand them to President Bush. We’re just gonna walk out there and say how many people support us.” Good luck with that. I really doubt that the President will listen to the concerns of people who wish to give terrorists rights.
Do you people really want to give these prisoners a paid vacation? Prison is supposed to be deplorable. The information that they give us has led to countless arrests, and the prevention of future attacks. Have you forgotten about the terrorists acts on 9-11, the USS Cole, and the subway bombings in Spain and London? People, we are dealing with an enemy who doesn’t wish to compromise. We are dealing with radical jihadists who wish nothing more than death to America. People like Rev. Wright and Michael Moore are siding with the terrorists when they spit our their anti-America hate speeches. We can’t side with them. Not now. Not ever.
That is why this election is so important. Do we elect John McCain, who will continue to protect America, secure our borders, and allow for ways to punish the war criminals? Or do we elect Barrack Obama, who will “have talks” with them? (Need I remind you that U.S. foreign policy is to NEVER negotiate with terrorists.) Do we elect Barrack Obama, who will force us to retreat on the eve of victory, and who will allow undocumented peoples to roam our country and destroy us from within?
Yes, this is scary stuff, but it is fact. We are dealing with people who cannot be negotiated with. Places like Guantanamo allows us to keep up the fight against the radical Islamic extremists who seek to destroy us.
This post was written by Not Jim Moran on April 26th, 2008.
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Comment from Bulldog
Time: April 27, 2008, 7:21 am
see, that’s the funny part about that Constitution thingie. It starts out saying “we the people of the United States…” And last time I checked, terrorists weren’t the people of the United States. And then there’s the part that says we “ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” I mean, sounds to me like those terrorists are just out of luck. Bummer. I guess they shoulda’ thought of that before they tried to kill Americans…
Comment from Archimedes
Time: April 27, 2008, 11:25 am
I agree, the argument that conditions at Guantanamo somehow impact the Consitutional rights of Americans is specious at best and dishonest at worst. Foreign nationals apprehended abroad and held abroad do not have Constitutional rights. The reality is that we are giving them the rights they are entitled to, and denying them the ones they aren’t entitled to. Those protesters should read the Third Geneva Convention, the treaty dealing with prisoners of war and the rights afforded them. If they did, they would see that al-Qaeda and other terrorists aren’t entitled to the same rights and priveleges as American citizens. Guantanamo has no bearing on US civil rights at all for the simple reason that the Constitution exclusively applies to Americans and nobody else.






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