"they should have to wait no longer" - BushRegarding Bush's speech yesterday, Andrew Sullivan
writes:
Here's the money quote of the speech:We're now approaching the five-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks -- and the families of those murdered that day have waited patiently for justice. Some of the families are with us today -- they should have to wait no longer. So I'm announcing today that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Abu Zubaydah, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, and 11 other terrorists in CIA custody have been transferred to the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay. They are being held in the custody of the Department of Defense. As soon as Congress acts to authorize the military commissions I have proposed, the men our intelligence officials believe orchestrated the deaths of nearly 3,000 Americans on September the 11th, 2001, can face justice.
This is the Rove gambit: make this election a choice between legalizing torture or enabling the murderers of 9/11 to escape justice. The timing is deliberate; the exploitation of 9/11 gob-smacking; the cynicism fathomless. There is only one response: call them on it and vote for their opponents in November.
Bush says the families "should have to wait no longer". So, how long have they been waiting? Here are the capture dates for the three men mentioned:
After holding these guys for
three to four years, Bush decides that now,
exactly two months before the election, it's time to send "Congress legislation to specifically authorize the creation of military commissions to try terrorists for war crimes" in order for them to "face justice" because the families "should have to wait no longer".
Is anybody buying this story?
And what should the Democrats do? They should say, "Mr. President,
for four years you've had these guys in custody.
Give us four months to come up with appropriate legislation so that they can be tried for war crimes."
posted by Quiddity at 9/07/2006 04:08:00 AM 
