Charles Krauthammer has reduced to print his analysis of the absurd ratioale of Attorney General Eric Holder for moving the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to New York City.

While it seems increasingly clear part of the agenda of the Obama administration is to blacken the reputation of pre-Obama America abroad, it is also increasingly clear that the administration lacks moral clarity, sound judgment and the ability to think and speak coherently.

Thus, Krauthammer:

Travesty in New York
Charles Krauthammer
Friday, November 20, 2009

WASHINGTON -- For late-19th-century anarchists, terrorism was the "propaganda of the deed." And the most successful propaganda-by-deed in history was 9/11 -- not just the most destructive, but the most spectacular and telegenic.

And now its self-proclaimed architect, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, has been given by the Obama administration a civilian trial in New York. Just as the memory fades, 9/11 has been granted a second life -- and KSM, a second act: "9/11, The Director's Cut," narration by KSM.

September 11, 2001 had to speak for itself. A decade later, the deed will be given voice. KSM has gratuitously been presented with the greatest propaganda platform imaginable -- a civilian trial in the media capital of the world -- from which to proclaim the glory of jihad and the criminality of infidel America.

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Posted by Republican on Friday, November 20, 2009 at 11:37 AM | Comments (0)
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