During the same interview wwith Fox, you continued to describe the problem with closing of Gitmo “…I just think as usual in Washington things move slower than I anticipated. One of the things we knew very early on, there are a set of detainees in Guantanamo that can be convicted, and they will be convicted. There are a set of detainees that can be deported and sent to other countries, and they will be. There is a set of detainees though that are dangerous to the United States, but unfortunately evidence against them may be tainted. Figuring out how to deal with them always was going to be difficult, ah, and we are on a path and a process where I would anticipate that Guantanamo will be closed next year. I’m not going to set an exact date because a lot of this is also going to depend upon cooperation from Congress.” Now, let me understand this, you are surprised that things move slower than you anticipated, well, weren’t you elected a senator from the corrupt state of IL. Didn’t you attend any of the sessions of the senate? Aren’t you supposed to be the smartest person in the room? Didn’t you see that things do move slowly in congress? Unless they are 1,000 – 2,000+ page bills that will bankrupt America, then things move rather quickly. Were you too worried about running for president and winning the White House (which you seem to never spend any time in), that you didn’t pay attention? Now, you are going to wait for congress to make a military decision. Your job is, according to Article II, Section 2, of that pesky document, the Constitution, is Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and when it comes to dealing with foreign enemies of the U.S., it falls to you to make the decision. Instead, you fly off overseas, bow to a foreign head of state (actually the emperor of Japan is a figure head with no true power), and let someone else make the decision. Sounds like a person who is completely over his head in a job he doesn’t understand.

By the way, concerning your and Mr. Holder’s statement concerning their predetermined guilt, does the Manson trial ring a bell? Does the circus that occurred in that court room when the newspapers reported on the front page that Pres. Nixon said, “That Manson is guilty”? Needless to say, the lawyers and Manson made a “field day” with it. What about the first OJ Simpson Trial? The prosecutors thought they had a slam dunk convicting O.J. Simpson. You are suppose to be a Constitutional lawyer, does corrupting the jury pool mean anything to you? I guess not, for your and Mr. Holder’s statements have completely made this a laughing stock of the American justice system, and THAT IS SAD, particularly for the families who lost loved ones on 9-11. I guess you and your “administration” really doesn’t get it, 9-11 was an act of war, not a criminal act. After all, Biden Laden did declared war on the U.S., which Slick Willy ignored, we were attacked, and Americans died.

Mr. President, What is your real reason for a Civil Trial? You and your Attorney General are moving the trials of 5 terrorists to New York and into the Civil Justice System. You are taking the prosecution of these murders out of the hands of the military where they would still receive a fair trial but your AG would have no jurisdiction. Both you and Erik Holder are graduates of prestigious law schools as well as having both been practicing lawyers. You both should be well aware and well versed in the use of discovery in any trial. You can’t really think the American people are so naïve to believe that you both haven’t thought about this. Of course your actions so far have shown that what the American people think is not one of your main concerns. Was this just what you may call a slight oversight or is it all part of your plan allow these murders to escape the justice they deserve.

You have to know what the ramifications will be by bringing these cases to civil trial. A civil trial will be fraught with pitfalls and with distractions. Of course you already know this, after all you were a law professor correct? Is this just going to be another way of embarrassing America that you seem to have become so good at? You know that with this becoming a civil trial that all the laws protecting a American citizen will apply to someone who was captured on a battlefield and is not entitled to protection under those laws. There will be a media feeding frenzy over the fact they weren’t read their Miranda Rights, there will be arguments about forced confessions. They will bring up the legal use of Waterboarding as a form of torture; will you be happy when terrorists around the world use this as a cause for more violence? You know that these trials will be long and cost untold millions or billions of dollars. But again you don’t really care about what anything costs do you.

Perhaps these trials will take the American peoples attention off the real issues and the upcoming elections. Of course this would just be a coincidence wouldn’t it, you would never use such a divisive issue for political advantage would you? Or is this as I believe it is, your way of removing yourself from your duty as Commander in Chief from the final decision in a military trial and conviction. You see you know that if these murderers are tried, convicted and sentenced to death in a military tribunal then you would be required to sigh their death warrant. By turning this into a civil prosecution you don’t have to make that decision, if the civil court were to convict them then the decision of life or death is left up to a jury and the presiding judge. Whatever the turnout you will have the cover of saying that your hands were tied and justice however unfair was carried out. You are very lucky that you weren’t a soldier in Gen. George S. Patton’s army. He would have slapped you along with the other coward who could not carry out his duties.

This whole thing smells of another chance to embarrass the military and the United States of America in front of the whole world. I’m sure you will also use this time to blame the whole thing on former President Bush, you and your liberal colleges seem to be very adept at that. Perhaps you might even prosecute one of his Cabinet members or the biggest prize of all President Bush himself.

All Presidents at one time or another are worried about their legacy. You of all previous Presidents should be the most worried! You will be remembered in history as the President that did more to CHANGE America from the great nation it has always been into something unrecognizable to our founding fathers. You will be remembered as the President who destroyed a economy and reduced Americas standing in the world. You will be remembered for losing two wars that were won, but by your mishandling were lost when victory was at hand. I see in your future you being labeled as the worst President this country ever had.