Posted by
Good2cu on Friday, June 20, 2008 11:22:07 PM
One question I wished more people would ask, especially in the political arena, is 'so what?' Drilling in ANWR could conceivably compromise the pristine natural beauty of 1,500 of the 19 million acres that make up ANWR. So what? The greatest source for good in the world is the United States and a few unscrupulous dictator thugs consider us the great satan for being so. So what? Another worthy question that deserves equal distinction is 'so what's?' second cousin, 'and then what?' The high courts recent habeas corpus decision has given detainees at Guantanamo or any enemy combatant for that matter the right to petition the court on the legality of their detention. The passions of the left usually consist of the most celestial of motives, but the 'and then what?' often comes with unintended consequences. Detainees will now have to be given access to classified informatation. Information that will find its way to the wrong people with deadly consequences. Our military will become international process servers tracking down and giving subpoenas to witnesses to appear before the court. How will a US subpoenas work is Mosul? Military officers and soldiers will now have to schedule court appearances as witnesses. Now that our enemies have new found constitutional rights, our men and women on the front lines should seriously think about lawyering up before that next mission.