We have gotten quite used to it. Republicans will stoop to any level or try to exploit anything to shamelessly vindicate their narrow-minded, idiotic view of the world. Now their "leader" the Senator for Communist China Mitch McConnell is doing what he does best again. Making a fool of himself and exploiting the tragic death of a little girl to try and "prove" that terror suspects do not deserve civilian trials. In doing so he once again shows his scorn for Americans and the American system.
Just listen to how little McConnell believes in the American system and the wisdom of his fellow Americans who would be jurors:
Here is a quote:
MCCONNELL: These foreign terrorists are enemy combatants. They should be taken to Guantanamo, they should be tried in military commissions, new legislation that we passed just three years ago precisely for the purpose of dealing with foreign terrorists. These are not American citizens. We just found with the Caylee Anthony case how difficult it is to get a conviction in a U.S. court. I don't think a foreigner is entitled to all the protections of the Bill of Rights. They should not be in U.S. courts. They should be at Guantanamo and before military commissions.
This is outrageous on a few levels. First, exploiting the death of an innocent child to prove an idiotic point is past selfish it is just plain evil. Secondly does Mitch McConnell think the American system of justice where everyone gets a day in court in front of a jury of their peers is wrong?? Why is he telling Americans they are too stupid to make these decisions after weighing the facts??
Because the facts are this. As always the Republicans assume Americans are stupid but they have been much more effective dealing with terrorists in civilian courts than military tribunals have been. Even Colin Powell agrees:
POWELL: The issue about sending people to military commissions, we're not using military commissions like we should. Any time you lock somebody up or you catch a terrorist, let's give them the military commission. In eight years, the military commissions have put three people on trial. Two of them served relatively short sentences and are free. One guy is in jail.
I think a lot of people think just give them to the military and the military will hammer them. Well, guess what? Officers in the military are obliged to follow the Constitution. Military lawyers are obliged under their oath to give the best possible defense to the defendant no more whether he's a terrorist or not. And so you didn't get out of the military commissions what a lot of people thought at the beginning you would get and a lot of us did not think it was a good idea in the beginning. [Face the Nation, 2/21/10; accessed via Nexis, emphasis added]
And the chief Prosecutor for military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay agrees:
Chief Military Prosecutor From Guantánamo Bay Tribunals: Even If He Receives Minimum Sentence, Terrorist Convicted In Civilian Court Will Serve Longer Than 80% Of Those Convicted By Military Tribunals. In a New York Times editorial applying his experience as "chief prosecutor for the military commissions at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, from 2005 to 2007" to the verdict in the Ahmed Ghailani trial, Air Force Cl. Morris Davis (Ret.) wrote: "In any case, Mr. Ghailani now faces a sentence of 20 years to life. Even if he gets the minimum, his sentence will be greater than those of four of the five detainees so far convicted in military commissions. Only one defendant, Ali Hamza al-Bahlul, has been sentenced to life, and this was after he boycotted his tribunal and presented no defense. Of the four detainees who participated in their military commissions, Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen who was 15 when arrested, is serving the longest sentence after pleading guilty to murder. Yet he will serve no more than eight years behind bars, less than half of Mr. Ghailani's minimum incarceration. Salim Hamdan, Osama bin Laden's former driver, was sentenced to five and half years in 2008 but given credit for time served; five months later he was free. There is no reason to assume that a military commission sentence will be more severe than one from a federal court."
So what does all this mean?? Not only does the Senator for Communist China Mitch McConnell and the Republicans he represents hate America, the workers within, and investing in our own country but they also think the American system does not work. They would much rather a system like the one McConnell represents in Communist China where nobody has a right to a fair trial. That is because they think Americans are stupid or will see the real facts and shun the narrow-minded Republican view of the world.
Worse yet nothing is beneath these folks to try and propogandize America. They will even stoop to the level of exploiting the death of a young child because there was not enough evidence to convict anyone for murder. It is shameful but not at all surprising the depths of idiocy these folks will use to try and hide their hatred of Americans and the American system.