The Slow Decline of America

Today the Supreme Court ruled that terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay have the right to a trial--in other words, habeus rights.

I'm no lawyer and don't even play one on this blog but it seems this was a highly misguided decision. The men held at Gitmo wore no uniform, thus represented no nation-state. They are a modified militia containing men of numerous nationalities who had one goal, kill US citizens and military men and women.

Who were the dissenters? You can guess pretty easily--Scalia, Thomas, Roberts and Alito (thank you George H. W. Bush for David Souter.

The Dems are trumpeting this as a victory against Bush. Too bad they don't understand that it a victory for terrorists and a defeat for American national security. I hope that none of their children are in the building attacked in the next terror attack. Perhaps they can take time out of their celebrating and ask one of the parents, wives or husbands who lost a loved one on 9/11 how they feel about it.

Anyway, the US is sitting on our hands when it comes to being energy independent based on unproven environmental claims, we are allowing illegal aliens to bleed us dry by taking jobs and services and now we will allow the likes of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to play the martyr role in our courts. John Paul Steven, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the others in the majority gave American rights to non-Americans. Perhaps they can help out Mark Steyn.

The decline continues and will accelerate if Obama takes office.