Is That A Chest or A Tail?
Over the weekend, we heard a new chorus of chicken hawks, their feathers neatly preened, warning Americans of the imminent danger that is involved with trying Guantanamo detainees in US Courts. Voices like that of Senator Joe “l want the Surge” Lieberman mounfully warned of wreckless danger in Attorney General Holder’s announcement that 5 detainees, all associated directly with planning 9/11, would be brought to court in New York City. I just wonder whether I am seeing Lieberman’s chest bravely sticking out or whether instead it is his tail.
Senators Bluster and Fluster were also on the Sunday talk show circuit denouncing rumors that the Government might move as many as 100 detainees to a prison in Illinois. I guess the good Senators were on holiday when they taught in American History class that around 300,000 German POWs were housed all over the US during WWII.
What really stands out is that these same people who object to moving detainees to the US mainland, were standing tall in support of the foolish and unnecessary invasion of Iraq.
A chicken hawk is a special kind of person. They take pains to avoid military duty themselves, but are quick to send other people’s children into war. They pompously preach behind the American flag and spout the great values we must all protect.
Guantanamo has been a disgrace to those American values and it is time to correct this mistake.
This entry was posted on November 16, 2009 at 11:20 am and is filed under Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Dick Cheney, George Bush, Iraq War, Middle East, Politics, Republican Party. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments.
Tags: 9/11, Abu Ghraib, chicken hawks, detainees, Guantanamo, Joe Lieberman
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