September 03, 2010
ACLU Pretty Much Doing the Work for the Terrorists
Stop the ACLU has a good post summarizing a few cases that the ACLU has brought recently on behalf of terrorists. One of the cases is suing the federal prisons to let convicted traitor Johnny Walker Lindh pray with other Muslim inmates. What could possibly go wrong?
But the more disturbing lawsuit would prohibit the killing of American citizens who are fighting with our enemies abroad.
The ACLU uses the rhetoric of "government assassination of American citizens without trial." Which makes it sound as if men in black are canvassing the world for political enemies. Scary, no? Except that when you look at the details of who we want dead you realize that the ACLU is misleading people.
Who, exactly, are these Americans who we want dead.
Anwar al-Awlaki, spiritual leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Adam Gadahn, al Qaeda's English language spokesman.
Now, why is killing these guys a bad thing? Is the ACLU really suggesting that an American citizen who is working for a terrorist organization that we are engaged with militarily cannot be killed?
What do they want, a battlefield subpoena?
Subpoena's dropped from Predator drones rather than bombs?
The alternative to killing our enemies is not a serious option. Which is why the ACLU, once a bastion for liberty, is a joke which would be worth a chuckle if they weren't actually dangerous.
