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More than eight years after the 9/11 terror attacks, the U.S. Justice Department finally made a decision on how to try in court those responsible.
The administration expects Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the attack, to be convicted and executed.
President Barack Obama told NBC News that federal prosecutors would be able to get Mohammed convicted with the evidence they have in the civil court system, even though many critics prefer a trial in front of a military tribunal.
No matter where these terrorists are tried, a conviction would finally provide closure to the aftermath of 9/11 terror attacks, at least domestically.
The Obama administration has to be applauded for finally making a decision on the 9/11 trial, but other related important decisions are overdue.
Internationally closure is still far off, considering the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Both were started as a result of the 9/11 attacks.
Despite drawing down troop levels in Iraq, the situation there remains unstable and the economy fragile.
In Afghanistan, the situation is getting worse with Islamic extremist fighters spreading into neighboring countries and Western troops unable to defeat them.
The Obama administration must outline a better plan for these wars and act on it. Finally deciding on whether to send additional troops to Afghanistan, is a decision President Obama must make soon.
The chapter in American history that started on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 is not yet finished.
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The delay that the Trail Blazer staff is so happy to be finally rid of, was the result of endless lawsuits challenging the constitutionality, feasibility, etc. of the tribunal process. Never before in our history has our military not been trusted to fairly and expeditiously handle the trials of enemy combatants and prisoners of war.
There can only be one reason that military tribunals are challenged now: a fundamental distrust of the military. Else why dispatch the very vehicle designed for the job of handling these prisoners?
The larger issue is whence this came, and who bears responsibility. I daresay it's not the military's doing, but rather the liberal establishment and it's sycophantic lap dog of a press corps that have so besmirched the good reputation of our men and women in uniform that there can be no fair assesment. Military = bad. Government = good.
Wasn't there a recent commander-in-chief on record as "loathing" the military?
The fact of the matter is that the civilian court system is not designed nor equipped legally to handle these matters. That KSM and his ilk are being afforded rights beyond those that our military men and women ever are is a miscarriage of justice.
We can applaud the daring decision of Holder and his Justice Department only if we deem it fitting to do so after acknowledging that it was Holder and people like Holder (ACLU?) who held up the process all this time to begin with.
It's a bit like applauding the thief who returns the stuff he took but doesn't want: shortsighted and stupid.
Clap away.