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REPUBLICAN SENATOR TRYING TO MAKE DEAL WITH OBAMA ON CLOSING GITMO IN RETURN FOR MILITARY TRIALS FOR TERRORISTS!
In what seemed like a shocking about-face Senator Lindsey Graham, a huge proponent of the surge and usually a dependable supporter of our troops, hinted that he was willing to work with President Obama to close GITMO if Obama is willing to put 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed back in military court where he belongs.
“Graham said yesterday that if the president agrees to try alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four accused henchmen in military tribunals, he will press fellow Republicans to vote to close the Guantanamo Bay prison.
In an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation,’’ Graham said reversing Attorney General Eric Holder’s plan to try the suspected terrorists in a civilian court in New York City would be seen as an act of leadership by the public.”
-Associated Press, March 8
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WHAT IS HE THINKING?
We must tell Senator Graham not to make a deal selling our security to Obama. It’s not worth it! Keeping GITMO open and trying KSM in military court are equally worthy of fighting for. We should not have to trade one for the other!
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Clearly KSM belongs in a military court, not a civilian court in New York. The people of New York City and most elected officials NOW oppose the trial there. Even liberals in NYC are opposed to this hair brained scheme.
The only other US Courts that could try the case, Pennsylvania and Virginia, offer nothing better than New York City. Oama really has no option but to send these terrorists back to military commission. Just as he has been backed into the corner, Lindsey Graham comes to save the day.
 Graham is OK making a deal to close GITMO, as
long as they don’t move it to his home state!
By making a deal with Graham, Obama saves face. The President doesn’t want military court, but rather than accept defeat in doing so, he at least makes it look like he got something out of it. Why would Graham help Obama when clearly the people of New York want KSM in a military tribunal and people across America continue to support GITMO staying in Cuba and NOT shutting the base down.
In support of this “dirty deal” retiring Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) said:
“Everybody has got to check their ideology at the door in order to get to practical solutions,” said Senator Bayh, also appearing on “Face the Nation.”
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Must we remind these honorable Senators that this is not about ideology nor is it about scoring political points and making ourselves look like good little bi-partisan statesmen willing to reach across the aisle! Where did the value of protecting the American people go?
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Senator Graham has to know that he DOES NOT have our support just because he is a conservative and not a part of Obama’s left-wing camp. He DOES NOT automatically have our support because he supports military trials instead of civilian trials. Graham needs to support GITMO as the only common-sense place to house the terrorists OFF American soil!
Petition Tells Lindsey Graham “NO DEAL”
Your help and support of the Petition to Senator Graham is needed now. Please go to our web site - http://www.MoveAmericaForward.com – and sign the petition.
We need to get this petition ready with as many signatures as possible and get it to Senator Graham’s office NOW before he cuts a deal with Obama that will result in GITMO closing down and having TERRORISTS come to U.S. soil!
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Here is the text of our petition:
Tell Republican Senator Lindsey Graham:
“STOP THE SELL-OUT TO OBAMA ON
CLOSING GITMO”
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is trying to cut a deal with President Obama that would provide him with the Republican Senate votes needed to close the terrorist detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and bring terrorists to our shores.
Senator Graham is using the faulty argument that this would be in exchange for Obama caving in on the civilian trial of Khalid Sheik Mohammed and returning him to military tribunal instead.
Keeping GITMO open and trying Khalid Sheik Mohammed and other terrorists in military courts are equally worthy to fight for. We should not have to trade one for the other.
The American people have spoken loud and clear. They do not want terrorists brought into the United States, especially when the Obama Administration wants to give them the same civil rights at trial enjoyed by American citizens.
It is clear that Obama did not have the support he needed to hold terrorist trials in New York. The cost of the trial was prohibitive and local elected officials, even Democrats, were against him.
Senator Graham,
STOP negotiating a back-room deal to bail out the failed policies of President Obama.
DO NOT sell out our national security to Obama in exchange for a trial he was going to give up, and
DO NOT close GITMO.
Signed,
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The American people have spoken loud and clear. They do not want terrorists brought into the United States, especially when the Obama Administration wants to give them the same civil rights at trial enjoyed by American citizens.
Sign the Petition now. We need to shout loud and clear:
STOP negotiating a back-room deal to bail out the failed policies of President Obama.
DO NOT sell out our national security to Obama in exchange for a trial he was going to give up, and DO NOT close GITMO.
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