We are not afraid

There's a higher than usual amount of wringing of hands and rending of garments going on in teabagland. No, not over their recent defeat in their first real, voters-with-ballots electoral contest in NY-23, but elsewhere in the Empire State. Right here, in fact, on the shores of the Hudson. It seems that the same people who wish the City of New York would just fall into the Atlantic are positively consumed with our fate in the face of President Obamacommienazi's Justice Department deciding to try the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, in Lower Manhattan, the scene of his crime.

RedState:

There have been reports in the past month about another potential terrorist attack disrupted in New York City. Bringing these high profile terrorist leaders to New York will just put a target on New York again.

Michelle Malkin:

If this White House thought Tea Party activists were an “angry mob,” wait until they see the backlash from 9/11 family members and their supporters nationwide. We’re not going to sit down and shut up about the reckless, security-undermining Obama 9/10 agenda and conflict-of-interest-ridden AG Eric Holder.

Tedious weaseling bullshit, as per the usual. New Yorkers are not afraid. We weren't afraid when we got hit, and we're not afraid now. Certainly not of the deranged "angry mobs" that think their President is the bastard child of Hitler and Malcolm X.

Congressman Jerry Nadler had something to say, of course [Emphasis added]. Here ya go.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Representative of Ground Zero and Lower Manhattan as well as Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, issued the following statement on the announcement today by the Department of Justice regarding certain Guantanamo detainees:

“I thank the Department of Justice and Attorney General Eric Holder for their diligent efforts to bring to justice those who have committed acts of terrorism against the United States. In particular, I applaud the decision to bring those individuals responsible for the attack on the World Trade Center to New York to face trial in our federal courts. New York is not afraid of terrorists, we want to confront them, we want to bring them to justice, and we want to hold them accountable for their despicable actions.

“It is fitting that they be tried in New York, where the attack took place. On that day almost 3,000 innocent men, women, and children were murdered, and New York has waited far too long for the opportunity to hold these terrorists responsible. We have handled terrorist trials before, and we welcome this opportunity to do so again. Any suggestion that our prosecutors and our law enforcement personnel are not up to the task of safely holding and successfully prosecuting terrorists on American soil is insulting and untrue. I invite any of my colleagues who say that they are afraid to bring detainees into the United States to face trial to come to New York and see how we handle them.

“Trying these alleged terrorists in New York also will allow family members of 9/11 victims to see these trials and confront these defendants in open court. These families deserve that opportunity, and I thank the Department of Justice for providing it.

“Finally, however, I am disappointed that the Attorney General has decided to pursue cases against other Guantanamo detainees in military commissions. While Congress has reformed some aspects of that system, the military commissions are no substitute for trials in our federal courts or through courts-martial. We must ensure that these commissions are not simply used as a lesser vehicle for cases in which the evidence is not sufficient.”

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Re: We are not afraid

Having witnessed the terror of 9/11 first hand, I relish the idea of having them put on trial here where the crimes were committed. I have heard the right wing pundents making comments like we'll be attacked again, they should be tried in a military court and so on. I couldn't disagree with them more. I will not allow the right wing to instill fear into my life and as for putting them on trial in a military court, they are not a "national army" like the Nazi's were in World War II. I heard Guiliani state today that this is wrong and I have to say it was WRONG to put the New York City Emergency Command Center in the World Trade Center and not in Brooklyn as he was previously advised. His stupidity at doing this probably caused lives but funny how very little is said on this matter.

I also have to say, that if they are found guilty I do not want them to receive death sentences. My reason is because I don't want them to become symbols for AlQueda. Let them rot in jail like the pigs that they are and then bury them upside down in unmarked graves with a pig.

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