Avoid the rush: Hate the ACLU early

Avoid the rush: Hate the ACLU earlyPosted by Judson Phillips on February 6, 2011 at 8:04am in Tea Party Nation Forum


Hating the ACLU is a cottage industry among conservatives. But why not? After all, the ACLU hates America, hates Americans and hates conservatives, so it is only fair.



Perhaps the greatest current example of the ACLU’s hatred for America is their war against Guantanamo and the war on Islamic terrorist groups. As soon as America began holding prisoners, the ACLU jumped into action. They began to file Habeas Corpus actions to get the captured terrorists released. When the Bush administration announced captured terrorists would be tried by military tribunals, the ACLU went ballistic and tried to have the terrorists tried in civilian courts.



Never in American history have captured combatants been tried in American civilian courts simply because they were captured. Some were tried for crimes they committed after they were captured.



The military tribunals were a good choice. Most of the rules that civilian courts use would be followed in the tribunals. However, there would be a couple of exceptions. These dealt with keeping classified information classified and preventing the disclosure of the identity of CIA and military personnel.



The ACLU hated this idea because they wanted as much classified material released so it could aid the terrorists. They also wanted to help the terrorists identify undercover CIA operatives. As a part of their so called “John Adams Project,” the ACLU along with the National Association of Criminal Defense lawyers, tried to locate, stalk and photograph CIA covert operatives. They showed their photos to terrorists being held in GITMO.



The latest ACLU attack on GITMO involves the death of one Awal Gul. Gul was an enemy combatant, held at GITMO for the last eight years. Gul died last week. According to the military, he was working out on an elliptical trainer, finished, went into the shower, collapsed and died. An initial investigation indicates it was probably a heart attack or pulmonary embolism that killed him.



Gul was an admitted Taliban recruiter who operated an Al-Qaeda “guest house” and who met with Osama Bin Laden on several occasions and “provided him with operational assistance on several occasions.”



The ACLU immediately screamed that an independent investigation was needed. Hina Shamsi, the Director of the ACLU’s National Security Project, said "Mr. Gul's death makes clear that the longer we continue to hold men at Guantanamo without any accountability or adequate legal process, the more independent scrutiny of their well-being is required,"



What the ACLU really wants is to have an anti-American group, such as the ACLU, conduct an “independent” investigation that would say how horrible the conditions are at Guantanamo and how the military prison needs to be closed. They also want to have more weapons to use in their war on America and it’s defense against Islamic terror.



The ACLU likes to portray itself as an organization that exists to “preserve and defend individual rights.” Nothing could be further from the truth. This is an organization run by far leftists who hate America and who want to see America transformed into a socialist hellhole.



We conservatives need to not only focus on the ACLU; we need to call them out. We need to expose what they really are to the general public. No one would give someone who called himself or herself a communist the time of day or treat them seriously. The ACLU is a similar pariah and should be exposed.