Brennan: Terrorists = Purse-Snatchers
You remember John Brennan, who recently castigated those who would question the wisdom of the current Administration’s mishandling of terrorists as trying “to score political points, instead of coming together to keep us safe” and this is just “[p]olitically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering” which “only serve the goals of al-Qaeda”. You know, as if there were no validity to the criticism, and the only way someone could possibly ever criticize such an inept handling of our enemy is if he were simply wanting to see America fail and al-Qaeda win. Nice to see we’ve got such a level-headed guy keeping us safe, no?
Anyway, this weekend at the Islamic Center of New York University, in response to a question about the recidivism rate of erstwhile Guantanamo-based terrorists, in equating these murderers and enemies of the United States to common criminals (and the 50% recidivism rate of “the American penal system”), Brennan flippantly says, “20% isn’t bad.”
Many will jump on the soundbite and simply criticize Brennan’s continued lack of concern for most American’s fear of any terrorists being granted a second opportunity to kill us all. But they’ll miss the more dramatic point of his response: That these enemies are basically no different than the prisoners who are incarcerated for stealing cars, selling drugs, or kiting checks.
Does Brennan (and does the current Administration) see no difference?
-Nick (ColoradoPatriot, from HQ)
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When the fork in the road is a choice between the “Statesman’s Route” and the “Political Low Road,” Brennan chooses the latter every time. That is because what he has to defend is political rather than statesmanship. He is left defending himself over how someone stuck a cookie jar on his hand.
Civilian trials for terrorists is not an idea whose time has come. Obama put this parade on the road and his people are out there complaining that the people are too dumb to form a crowd and cheer.
Comment by heliotrope — February 15, 2010 @ 11:58 am - February 15, 2010
Man,, Obama has surrounded himself with boobs.
How do you say some of the things this guy has said and still hold onto your job. “20% is not a bad recidivism rate amongst terrorists!” Good Lord. BTW Obama said heads were going to roll over Ft Hood and the Christmas Day bomber….tic toc…… what a ditherer.
Ditherer in chief.
Comment by Gene in Pennsylvania — February 15, 2010 @ 1:04 pm - February 15, 2010
This is a classic example of a person who has no defense for the actions taken by Obama and Holder because there is none. If their decisions were logical, then you could walk folks through it step by step but Obama/Holder so lack any clear logic on these issues that it leaves one trying to come up with some plausible excuse for their decisions and the end result is that more times than not, the words coming out making no sense and only making the situation worse.
Comment by NebraskaPatriot — February 15, 2010 @ 4:15 pm - February 15, 2010
I am surprised none of the Obama braintrust has offered the rationale that: “We can’t be sure that the people we have locked up are terrorists unless we let them out and see if they commit terrorism; then we can arrest and file charges.”
Because that is, frankly, the level his crew operates at.
Comment by V the K — February 15, 2010 @ 4:44 pm - February 15, 2010