Saturday, January 31, 2009

Letting Al Qaeda Go Free

I have never understood the demands to release enemy combatants- terrorists not eligible for treatment under the Geneva Convention- while the war on terrorism continues. This is why-

Before he was released from Guantanamo, a Saudi detainee insisted he had only wanted to help refugees and was not a fighter. Now, as an Al Qaeda field commander sporting a bandolier of bullets, he is threatening the United States and has been hailed by a militant Web site as a veteran guerrilla and “a fomenter of war.”

The story of Abu al-Hareth Muhammad al-Oufi underscores the dilemma Barack Obama’s administration finds itself in: Keeping men locked up without trials invites global criticism but releasing them without a fair and diligent process to distinguish enemies from noncombatants exposes the U.S. and its allies to danger. It also shows how hard it is to separate truth from lies.

Like it or not America is at war- releasing enemy fighters to appease the global community's politically correct desires is foolhardy in the extreme. And a direct danger to the citizens of the United States.

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