If you went to Syria and met with the head of the anti-Assad troops, would you be sent to Gitmo? Possibly, it would depend how well you are connected. Apparently, McCain is very well connected. He went to see the head of the Free Syrian Army and returned without any penalty.
Which brings up the question, how is the National Defense Authorization Act is going to be enforced? Does it depend upon who you are and who you know? If you are a no-name, does it give you a free trip to Cuba? Whereas the same person who is powerful or has powerful friends, doing exactly things, will not be bothered?
Of course, this is the Obama Administration and we suspect the act will be enforced only against those who are of the opposite party or philosophy especially if Eric Holder is still the Attorney General!
One question, where did equality under the law go? What about blind justice? Apparently, those along with the First Amendment, Second Amendment, Fourth Amendment and Tenth Amendment have all gone the way of the buggy whip in this country. It is a sad day!
Conservative Tom
Why Isn’t McCain On His Way To Guantanamo?
May 29, 2013 by Bob Livingston
UPI FILE
Senator John McCain consorted with al-Qaida allies — and, hence, enemies of America — during his trip to Syria over the Memorial Day weekend.
In meeting with Gen. Salem Idris, the leader of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), McCain met with a man who has aligned himself with Arhar al Sham, a partner of Al-Nusra Front, which the U.S. has designated as a terrorist organization. Just last month al-Qaida in Iraq declared al-Nusra was its branch in Syria. Idris claims his group doesn’t work with Al-Nusra, but the two have fought side by side and shared arms in their battle to overthrow Bashar Assad. Together, the groups, along with the Forouq Brigades and the Syrian Islamic Liberation Front (a coalition of the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafist groups that have vowed to create an Islamic state in Syria), form the FSA. Even The New York Times has reported that the groups that make up the FSA share Islamist ideals.
Two weeks ago, the FSA produced a video and posted it to YouTube showing Abu Sakkareating the heart of a dead Syrian soldier. Sakkar is commander of the Farouq Brigades. Human Rights Watch recently claimed that Shakkar shelled Shia Villages — populated with women and children — in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. An FSA-produced video last year showed one of its soldiers beheading a civilian. Amnesty International has documented a number of war crimes committed by FSA soldiers and commanders.
Prior to the NATO-inspired coup attempt on the Assad regime, Christians lived in peace in Syria. But the FSA has been killing Christians and burning churches.
The passage of the National Defense Authorization Act gave the President the discretion of deciding that if Americans collaborate with terrorists, they can be indefinitely detained without the right of habeas corpus. The question is: Why isn’t McCain on his way to Guantanamo Bay wearing an orange jumpsuit, handcuffs and shackles?
Surely you are joking about sending McCain to Guantanemo.
ReplyDelete--David
What would happen to you if you went to Syria and met with those fighting Assad and are aligned with Al Queda, our enemy? Do I hear a drone at your door?
ReplyDeleteYes, he should go to Gitmo if he is consorting with our announced enemies, even if the war against terror is over--per your President.
Is talking to them "consorting" with the enemy? Under the law in question, McCain would have to be "part of" al-Qaeda/Taliban or else “substantially supporting” one of them. Has he said he wants the supply weapons to them? I don't think that would even qualify him as "enemy combatant." But if he conspired to sell weapons to them secretly (like Iran-Contra), then he should be on his way to Gitmo.
ReplyDelete--David
Meanwhile, Iraq issues warning to Israel...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Iraq-warns-Israel-against-using-its-airspace-to-strike-Iran-315249
--David