By Javier Manjarres
An issue that hasn’t attracted a lot of attention of late are the controversial “enhanced interrogation” techniques the U.S. military and intelligence services have used while interrogating terrorists that have been captured on the battlefield or acquired via rendition.The Obama Administration has been all too willing to afford these enemy combatants the same rights and liberties that U.S. citizens enjoy. President Obama and his Department of Justice were thoroughly rejected by the American people when they attempted to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for his crimes in Federal District Court in New York City. This KSM trial,were it to have been staged here in the United States, would have allowed Mohammed to avail himself of the full protections offered under the U.S. legal system. The Obama DOJ has previously brought other foreign enemy combatants and terrorists back to the United States for trial, including the notorious “shoe” and “underwear” bombers.
Presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann addresses this very issue today while addressing military personell aboard the USS Yorktown in South Carolina. Bachamann, who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, has been one of the most outspoken critics about President Obama’s ‘white glove’ approach when dealing with Islamic fundamentalism in the Middle East, in spite of the fact that Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama Bin Laden was terminated on his watch.
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Bachmann supports more aggressive interrogation tactics beyond those outlined in the U.S. Army field manual- presumably waterboarding and other not-so-nice methods.
Here are excerpts of Congresswoman Bachmann’s remarks about the War on Terror:
“We must first acknowledge that the United States is at War. The liberal left would have you believe that we are not. Make no mistake the United States is at war with radical Islamic extremism. The roots of this war grew when we failed to stand by the Shah of Iran and allowed radical Islam to take control”“President Obama has wrongly attempted to criminalize the war. President Obama, you can’t keep America safe by reading terrorists Miranda Rights, when A). they aren’t Americans and B). they have no rights. If the president hasn’t noticed, these are terrorists, bent on killing Americans–why would the president give rights toterrorists that we don’t extend even to foreign civilians?!
“I can assure you that as president we will not allow Al Qaeda in our criminal courts, and I’ll repeal this president’s executive order banning the CIA from using methods of interrogation beyond the Army Field Manual, and I’ll pursue radical Islamic terrorists as Sen. John McCain has said, to the gates of hell.
“We must understand our enemy; that they are willing to die for their cause and consider it an honor to do so. Understanding our enemy through effective intelligence is critical to victory in the war on terror.