Following the Supreme Court’s idiotic ruling giving terrorists the same rights as a street criminal, Sen. Dianne Feinstein is now saying that Gitmo was a blight on the integrity of the United States. Here’s what she said specifically:

“Guantanamo has been a terrible blight on the integrity of this nation,” says Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat who has proposed closing the prison complex.

This is typical Democrat thinking on foreign policy. They say these things because they’re more worried about being popular than respected. In fact, they worry more about being popular than being safe. Their go-along-to-get-along attitude isn’t keeping American safe.

What’s keeping America safe is George Bush’s policy of attacking terrorists where they live. President Bush hasn’t given the terrorists any breathing room. As a result, we’ve gone almost 7 years without a terrorist attack. That didn’t happen by accident. Because President Bush had the wisdom to implement this aggressive policy, we’ve been protected.

Had DiFi gotten her wish, there isn’t any doubt that we would’ve been more popular with America-hating squishies like Jacques Chirac, Gerhard Shroeder and Jose Zapatero of Spain. Big deal. Their dislike for President Bush’s hardnosed policies should be worn as a badge of honor. The commander-in-chief’s affirmative responsibility is to protect America from her enemies. PERIOD.

Democrats are too nuanced to get that. That’s why Americans have rightly rejected them in 7 of the last presidential elctions. That’s why they should restore Republicans to the amjority in the Senate. We can’t have unserious people engaged in world popularity contests. We need serious people who’ll make smart decisions that will protect us.

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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

1. And Bush has set the absolute standard on teaching us how to be respected both at home and abroad.

   Comment by Liem — June 13, 2008 @ 9:41 am

2. I wonder if DiFi thinks that Gitmo is a blight on our nation because we are keeping terrorists fed, sheltered, and clothed instead of killing them upon capture.

   Comment by Michael Ejercito — June 13, 2008 @ 12:08 pm

3. Fed, sheltered and clothed… not to mention that we treat them much better than prisoners in the countries they came from–who are routinely brutalized, tortured, maimed and executed.

   Comment by Kalifornia Kafir — June 13, 2008 @ 1:00 pm

4. Of course, DiFi, NaPe and BoBo (how appropriate is that?) are blights on the American political landscape, so who cares what they say or believe? Except, always, the terrorists who use the very words of the America-haters to exploit even more young kids into becoming martyrs.

   Comment by Carlos — June 13, 2008 @ 7:23 pm