One More "Bush Did It"

By Frank Semperpapa

Opposition to holding terrorists’ tribunals in US soil is mounting. Several Democrats have come out questioning the soundness of the decision made by Attorney General Eric Holder to charge terrorist in Federal courts. Apart from the infamous terrorists connected with the 9-11-01 attacks, Holder has come under pressure for the actions taken on the Nigerian terrorist Abdulmutallab who tried to blow up 300 people on Christmas Day 2009.

Several US Senators have requested that the AG would explain his decisions on the handling of Abdulmutallab and Holder responded via a letter written to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and others.

In the letter, Holder defiantly states that he and only he had made the decision regarding giving the Panty Bomber criminal rights instead of allowing the Military to take custody of him. He also stated that he had done so after consulting with “all other relevant departments of the government”.
The letter goes on citing political gain as the reason for the attacks he had received for his decision. Interestingly, several Democrats have expressed their disapproval also, which blows a hole in that assertion. Not to mention that the heads of Homeland Security and of several other Intelligence departments were not consulted in the process.

Then there is the usual “Bush did it” ever useful defense. Holder states that he did not see any protest when previous administrations employed the same tactics in the past, using the Criminal Justice system to handle terrorism against our Nation, in Holder’s opinion successfully.
In the first place, I am really tired of the excuse of “they did it too” as we are dealing with the lives and security of the American people. I can accept that excuse from a school child, not from the people in charge of a whole country.

Yes, other administrations have done the same and the result of such a “successful” approach was the loss of near 3,000 on September 11, 2001. The failure to realize that America was at war and that we were not dealing with just an obnoxious band of criminal scoundrels is unforgivable.
How disheartening it is for the people to hear that the actions of Bill Clinton, when it came to pursuing Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda, being described as successful. Treating the threats from Islamic terrorists as law enforcement issues cost the lives of thousands of Americans, and the blame also rest on President Bush for continuing the practice after being elected until that infamous day in September and for any similar handling afterward.

I do not particularly care to exonerate one administration over another when it comes to the protection of our Nation. Anyone who has failed at what should be the most important job of their position, should be taken to task and held accountable, regardless of political stance. The failures of past administrations are responsible for not only the innocent American lives lost, but also for the lives lost on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan as the proper recognition of the threats and proper confrontation of them at the right time, could have been much less expensive in terms of Military lives lost.

The worst part of the whole debacle, though, is the return of the current crowd in power to the handling of Muslim terrorism, of the war we are in, as a law enforcement issue. I hear pundits use the cliché phrase “back to a 9-10” mentality and that is what transpires from the actions of Obama and his cronies.
The continuous apologetic attitude demonstrated by the Administration toward the real threat of Islamic Fascism is mind boggling, giving life to insinuations about Obama that are not good for the purpose of uniting the country on the face of a very determined enemy.
And if you question my assertion, just read the report on the Ft. Hood massacre put out by the government, a report written by someone I thought had some integrity, Togo West, and massaged by the administration to include no mention of the religious connotation behind Hasan’s actions. And these are the people in charge of protecting the country from Muslim terrorists!

One thing that is a marked difference from 9-10-01 is the awareness of the American people, the determination of millions to be on guard personally in protecting our country. This element was missing on 9-10-01, but is alive and growing today.

And these are my thoughts!