Cantor: 'If theres ever a time for protectionism, this is it'

[tonylee1973]

Why not just throw them in the middle of the Atlantic? Be done with it. If Allah wants their asses to live they will. If Allah wants them in paradise some sharks will get a good meal

[pete129]

The Federal Government only exists to serve the States. 35 States are now exercising their sovereignty under the tenth amendment of the Constitution which states "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. The "Federal Government" cannot just drop these prisoners off in any state it wants to without the states and/or the peoples consent.

[justtex1975]

m wrote: "not as hopeless or incompetent"

The only :fearful", "hopeless" & "incompetent" ppl I see, are those within the American Left.

They ignored & allowed Al-Qaeda to grow stronger, throughout the 90's. Despite numerous attacks.

Our own misguided Left even blocked our FBI & CIA from sharing communications regarding Al-Qaeda activities, with the terrible Gorelick "Wall".

[FakeVirginia]

Apparently Eric Cantor doesn't think the US prison system can do its job. No other congressman from Virginia panders as much as Cantor.

[justtex1975]

FV wrote: "doesn't think the US prison system can do its job"

Nonsense. Cantor is being pragmatic. There's no good reason to bring the terrorist here. if you believe otherwise, feel free to explain.

[justtex1975]

m wrote: "They are not worth anything to their friends anymore."

Al-Qaeda has tried to ransom many of our soldiers. Our military just won't negotiate, so our soldiers fight instead of surrendering.

If given the chance, there's no doubt they'd try to ransom civilians.

Also, aside from that, if what you say is true, Hezbollah, Hamas & every other radical Islamist group would stop capturing & attempting to ransom all their enemies.

[justtex1975]

m wrote"...once they are behind bars..."

...It takes a large, well trained, well equipped military force, to keep their crazed terrorist pals from breaking them out, or holding large local groups of hostages, to negotiate them out.

[dfdrox]

Eric! For Christ's sake, call Limbaugh what he is - a drug-addled fat cat who doesn't care about anything other than his contract and his ratings. We need at least two political parties in this country. And the Republicans are losing sight of their roots. Being hijacked by talk radio, the NRA, big business and the religious right is a sure-fire way to commit politcal suicide. Please, wake up. Take control. DO SOMETHING!!! ANYTHING!!!

[justtex1975]

d wrote: "...Republicans are losing sight of their roots."

That's true, but not in the twisted way you try to suggest.

We need to get back to smaller less intrusive fed govt, less fed regulation, fewer fed taxes, less fed intervention & much higher personal & family moral standards.

[justtex1975]

737 wrote: "...Cantor is questioning where they will be physically housed."

The ACLU & other Lefty groups have been pressing to have the terrorist regarded as common criminals, under the jurisdiction civilian courts, with some success.

The High Court has already disregarded their own precedent setting case law established in WWII & elsewhere to give the terrorist much more access to courts, than any war prisoners have ever received.

With that so, its best to keep all terrorist offshore.

[wildpeachatl737]

Which is what, exactly? The word, 'protection', does indeed have many meanings and syntax, however, the word 'protectionism' refers to economic policy and if anyone is playing sematic games, it's Mr. Cantor.

[justtex1975]

BTW, someone needs to get a mic on this guy. He's a gr8 speaker, that is, whenever we can actually hear him.

[wildpeachatl737]

I thought 'protectionism' pertained to economic policy so imagine my surprise to hear it referred to in regards to terrorists.

I have more fear of the institutionalized, convicted felons who are in the prisons now and the mentally insane who walk our street than these alleged terror suspects.

If current facilities are strong enough to contain the criminals in custody now, why isn't this enough for these perpetrators? Do they possess superpowers?

[wildpeachatl737]

I'm trying to be open-minded about Mr. Cantor's comments but he makes it difficult.

[oneofonex1]

not only do they have super powers that allow them to melt jail bars but their terrorist buddies are going to fly in with bulldozers and break them out.

[justtex1975]

wildpeachatl737 wrote: "why isn't this enough for these perpetrators?"

It's a matter of constitutional law. These ppl were taken from the battlefields, not from within our shores.

IF we are ever forced to treat these detainees as common criminals, to convict them, we'll be forced to release sensitive data & military secrets about our information gathering techniques, about our warfare capabilities & about our methods of operations, all in open trials.

That's how our legal system works.

[wildpeachatl737]

Which is all based on the Rule of Law and taking away habeus corpus rights is not one of them.

Any information regaring national security has a right to be protected, however, if one is being accused of a crime, one has the right to hear the charges being levied in any court. That's not what this is about as Cantor is questioning where they will be physically housed.