God help us all. Ahmed Ghailani, former Guantanamo detainee and suspect in the 1998 embassy bombings, arrived this morning in New York for trial, which means that, by the time you read this, Manhattan probably won’t exist anymore. At least, that’s RedState’s opinion. Excuse me if I’m skeptical.
Contrary to the conservative talking point, which frames detainee trials on American soil as novel and dangerous, America has been detaining suspects within the continental U.S. since the War on Terror began. As one example among many, Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri, whom the Bush Adminsitration designated as an “enemy combatant,” has been detained in Illinois and Charleston, and if I’m not mistaken, those states are still on the map.
GOP resistance to detaining terror suspects on American soil seems to be premised on the idea that jails somehow don’t work: where you read “detention and trial in New York,” they want you to substitute “a pleasant afternoon shopping on Fifth Avenue.” Please, don’t buy it.
“and if I’m not mistaken, those states are still on the map.”
Yes, well, according to your lie-brul islamufacsistolesbian media they do, but that’s all biased, so we’d better check RenewAmerica to see if they’re still there.
Hrmph.
Posted by Evan | June 9, 2009, 9:41 pmCharleston is still there I guess, I mean, if you even call that existing….
Posted by ACG | June 9, 2009, 9:47 pmAmes, I’m not sure how else to contact you, but I thought you might like to know that Futurama has been officially reborn!
Posted by Donovan | June 10, 2009, 7:13 amOOH! DONOVAN! I KNOW! I SAW!!! SUPREMELY EXCITING.
Posted by ACG | June 14, 2009, 1:35 pm