IN MY SHOES: “Closing Gitmo Is A Mistake”
Michael Burke, whose brother FDNY Capt. William F. Burke Jr. of Engine Co. 21 was killed on September 11, 2001, takes President Barack Obama to task for “his shameful order to close Guantánamo Bay” in this New York Daily News op-ed:
President Obama has perfectly filled the stereotype of the classic clueless ultra-Liberal - the one who can generate great passion for the rights of the guilty defendant and none for the innocent victim.
With a single stroke of the pen, Obama has delayed justice for the victims of 9/11, and in essence granted a reprieve for Al Qaeda mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the architect of 9/11.
America does not honor our "rule of law and the rights of man" as he put in his inauguration speech by such an action. Instead, this nation abdicated its duty to justice. …
It is impossible to fight the war on terrorism, like every war, under the Constitution. Consequently, we cannot convict our enemies under it. They will get off. Once free, they will, despite having enjoyed the benevolence of our constitutional rights, strike us again. The Constitution then becomes a means of our destruction. …
With this order to close Guantanamo, the countdown to the next attack has begun.
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