California Conservative

Proving yet again that they oppose anything that protects Americans from terrorist attacks, CAIR denounced the compromise terrorist interrogation legislation:

From the Council of American-Islamic Relations, Sameena Usman offered a prayer in Arabic and English, “I pray that God will guide us all on the straight path, may God restore the sanctity of human life, may he protect people all around the world from the evil of torture regardless of faith, race or nationality, may he bring us all together in his fold of peace and justice.”

Let’s be clear about something: CAIR and Democrats sound very much alike on this issue. Here’s the title of CAIR’s press release on the interrogation legislation: CAIR-CA: Torture Compromise Violates American Values

Here’s what Sen. Maria Cantwell, (D-WA), said about HR 3930:

“The legislation voted on by the full Senate will permit the Bush Administration to undermine the Geneva Conventions, broadly expand the definition of enemy combatants, allow for coerced and secret evidence and abandon habeus corpus.”

Here’s part of Hillary’s statement:

“We must convict and punish the guilty in a way that reinforces their guilt before the world and does not undermine our values.”

Here’s part of Sen. Dodd’s, (D-CT), speech on the Senate floor:

We can, and we must, balance our responsibilities to bring terrorists completely to justice, while at the same time protecting what it means to be America.

Frankly, it’s disturbing to hear Democrats and CAIR characterize sleep deprivation, blaring rock music, etc. as torture. STOP ALREADY. It isn’t torture. Is it rough? Definitely. Liberals whine that not giving enemy combatants captured on the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq habeus corpus protections is counter-constitutional and anti-American. NONSENSE.

One of the first affirmative mandates of the Constitution is on the Commander-in-Chief to protect us from all enemies. If coercive techniques protect us from future terrorist attacks, I don’t care if the ‘world community’ thinks of the US as ruffians and bullies. In fact, I rather like that image.

Another argument liberals use is saying “What’s to protect you from President Hillary Clinton from calling you an enemy combatant and held without constitutional guarantees of the right to counsel and judicial oversight? Several things, actually. First of all, Hillary couldn’t get elected President if her life depended on it. She’s less appealing in America’s heartland than W is appealing to Manhattan’s liberals.

Second of all, that’s a sham argument since the people who would be interrogated by the CIA would have been captured on foreign battlefields. Since I don’t have plans anytime soon of fighting with Islamic terrorists in Afghanistan anytime soon, I won’t lose much sleep on being waterboarded by Hillary Clinton’s CIA.

Technorati Tags: CAIR, Commander-in-Chief, Constitution, CIA, Interrogation, Liberals

Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

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