On a Less Sarcastic Note

The decision to try Khalid Sheik Muhommed in New York City strikes me as grossly incensitive and utterly stupid. The idea of bringing the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks back to the city poses not only a security risk from terrorists, but from upset New Yorkers and others who may try to attack KSM. Further, it is blatantly disrespectful of the express wishes of many of the victims of the attacks and serves to reopen deep wounds. The stipid part is this: if the U.S. Constitution is to apply to this trial (it's a document I'm certain our President hasn't read) then almost no evidence will survive the "poison fruit of the tree" argument because no civil liberties were exercised during the course of KSM's arrest and subsequent detention. This might be because he shouldn't have any. However, once he's on U.S. soil, the Constitution covers him, at least in that courtroom. Lastly, this was an act of war, not a crime. The trial in this country of KSM is one more piece of evidence that President Obama fundamentally misunderstands the terrorist threat.

But to end on a high note, this may be exactly what President Obama wants. He's been pushed by the left to investigate the Bush administration. The defense attorney in this case is going to do it for him and put the United States and its treatment of foreign combatant terrorists on trial. I hope I'm wrong about that, but the Obama attitude about America (the apology tour continues as he has now apologized to Native Americans and for Hiroshima and Nagasaki...do the Japanese routinely apologize for Pearl Harbor?) indicates he thinks everyone else is our victim, including terrorists.