The Ever Exhausting Michael Steele Posted by Michael Cohen

Michael Steele responding to President Obama's announcement about the investigation into the attempted terrorist attack on Flight 253:

Too often President Obama and Democrats disregard the fact that terrorists are at war with us, which is dangerous thinking in this post-9/11 era.

President Obama on December 1, 2009:

And as Commander-in-Chief, I have determined that it is in our vital national interest to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan.  

. . .I do not make this decision lightly.  I make this decision because I am convinced that our security is at stake in Afghanistan and Pakistan.  This is the epicenter of violent extremism practiced by al Qaeda.  It is from here that we were attacked on 9/11, and it is from here that new attacks are being plotted as I speak.  This is no idle danger; no hypothetical threat. 

But there's more from Steele:

International terrorists are not common criminals; treating them as such and granting them the same protections as United States citizens compromises our national security and denies U.S. intelligence services valuable information.

Sigh. According to my favorite news source

Richard Reid was immediately taken into custody after the incident. Three days later he was charged in U.S. federal court at Boston, Massachusetts in a criminal complaint with "interfering with the performance of duties of flight crew members by assault or intimidation." The crime was reported as carrying a penalty of up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The judge ordered Reid to be held in jail pending trial due to the seriousness of the charges and the high risk that Reid would attempt to flee.The prosecutor proceeded to obtain a grand jury indictment and on January 16, 2002, Reid was charged with eight criminal counts related to his acts of terrorism, namely: attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, placing an explosive device on an aircraft, attempted murder, interference with flight crew members and attendants, attempted destruction of an aircraft, using a destructive device during and in relation to a crime of violence and attempted wrecking of a mass transportation vehicle. Reid pled guilty to all eight counts on October 4, 2002. On January 31, 2003, he was sentenced by Judge William Young to life in prison with no possibility of parole with three life sentences to be served consecutively.

 George W Bush - why did you hate America so much? 

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Hi,
I heard that now Michael Steele asserts the GOP's idea of how they want to protect seniors--and out come the knives.