Rational Nation USA

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birthplace of Independent Conservatism The President, as I have said more than once, is deserving of high fives for his decision to pull the trigger authorizing the operation that lead to the demise of bin Laden. Yet, with each passing day, there are more and more questions surfacing as to the administration's handling of issues post bin Laden. Mark Halperin  in his May 4th article in Time identifies five mistakes made by the Obama administration. They are: Not getting its story straight... Not giving George W. Bush enough credit... Letting the photo debate get out of control... Letting the debate about the war in Afghanistan get out of control... Letting the debate about Pakistan get out of control... These are certainly mistake that could take the shine off the Presidents accomplishments. A brilliantly executed mission followed by flawed judgements can, and usually does, have negative consequences for a sitting president. Recent ...

I guess Senator Leahy lumps the 911 mastermind in with your every day ordinary criminals. It is likely we will never capture Bin Laden, but if we do he certainly should be interrogated, and relentlessly so. In the process we might just squeeze out of him valuable information on other terrorists and their plans. Bin Laden is the terrorist responsible for planning and executing the horrific attack on Americas' homeland. In other words he and his fellow Jihadists committed and act of war. Should he be captured he should be treated and tried as a war criminal. Miranda rights be damned. On this issue Senator Graham is right and Senator Leahy is wrong, dead wrong. There are two possible reasons the Senator is taking this position. First, he is providing political cover for Attorney General Holder, or second he is just plain out of touch with reason. In either case his comments on the following live C-SPAN spot were just plain foolish at best. Via: Memeorandum Via: The Hill