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Originally Posted by pan6467
9/11 was an act of war, why are we allowing our president to let Khalid Sheikh Mohammed have a criminal trial?....
....Why are we scared of the government in this country???? Why are we scared to exercise our freedoms?
...It's not about parties it's all about keeping this country great and making it a better place for the future.....
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Simple...for the same reason that those behind the first World Trade Center bombing and other terrorists who acted on US soil, were tried in federal court. Enemy combatants who acted in the field and were captured in the field should be tried by military tribunals.
That is how the Constitution works and what keeps us free and what makes this country great.
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John Lennon stated, "Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it." ... Read More
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When we ever reach the point of turning to singers/song writers, actors, or any high profile personality, to determine public policy....that would be insane!
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Originally Posted by pan6467
... 9/11 woke me up and I have slowly watched this great country be destroyed from within. What is going on now is a conglomeration of many wrongs and instead of trying to make things right they continue to go down the wrong road.... and do so happily knowing that it is in fact destructive to this nation.
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When we let horrific events like 9/11 cloud our judgement and act on emotion...or let our elected leaders play on that emotiion....we lose our freedoms.
The Constitution is not a document of convenience to enable us to look for the easy way or emotionally satisfying way or more politically expedient way out.