"As a former [NYPD] cop and US soldier, I'm appalled that Obama and his Attorney General Eric Holder believe that military courts are inferior to -- even less fair than -- the civilian justice system. In other words, it's okay to try US soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines in military courts, but terrorists are to be given rights not afforded American patriots?" asks Det. Stephen Rodgers.
"This President should be ashamed of himself and his administration for treating murdering terrorists better than they treat soldiers -- at least in their minds," he added.
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"And in case some Americans don't know, the AG [Eric Holder] was a senior partner in a law firm that regularly defended terrorists,"
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It is shocking that this Administration is more concerned about the rights of terrorists being fully protected in American courts than in the swift and effective justice available to our enemies in military courts in Guantanamo Bay, said Shawn Callahan, Executive Director of Move America Forward.
This is an outrage and a betrayal to our troops who have sacrificed, and a betrayal to the 9/11 families who have suffered so much. My son gave up his life fighting the terrorists, as did over 5,000 other brave warriors, to keep terrorists from coming to the homeland, and now Obama is bringing them here so they can have more legal rights. It is simply outrageous, said Move America Forward spokeswomen and Gold Star mom Debbie Lee.
Allowing those terrorists to stand trial in a civilian court, giving them the same rights and defense as American citizens, is a clear case of misplaced priorities.
To bring these murdering terrorists only up the street from where their evil plans resulted in the deaths of 3,000 innocent people is a slap in the face to all Americans.................