New Majority commenters dump on 9/11 families

Posted By Uncle Jimbo

Elise Cooper who has contributed several pieces here at BLACKFIVE, has a post up at the New Majority about a meeting between members of the Justice Department and families of those killed on 9/11.

The Attorney General, Eric Holder, attended only the June 16th meeting and stayed for only one out of four hours.  Debra Burlingame, the sister of the pilot of American 77 that crashed into the Pentagon, explained that the families asked substantial questions which were either not answered or hardly answered.  She stated that “Holder was sorry he walked into that room.  For one hour they did not accept his platitudes.  The questioning was aggressive, hard, and pointed.  They got the message that these people were not going to be satisfied with the celebrity appearance and vague remarks. “

While it was a kind gesture to hold such a meeting, some of the elements showed a lack of tact, such as having a former counter-terrorism counsel for Human Rights Watch participate. This woman, Jennifer Daskal, who is now a member of the Justice Department Detainee Review Task Force has written that military commissions were “illegitimate, dysfunctional, and a kangaroo court.”. The families feel that the meetings with them were simply to provide political cover as the administration moves forward granting more rights to the detainees at Gitmo. While that point can be argued the comments at NM are inarguably offensive. I find it incomprehensible that someone can find more common ground with terrorists than with those who lost family members to terrorism. Here is the first comment.

These are people like Burlingame whose names we’ve been reading for years arguing that we should invade Iraq, Hussein was behind it all, we need to go to war with Islamofascism, etc. etc. In short they’ve hijacked a national tragedy to promote a series of actions that have been enormously costly to the national interest and almost entirely counterproductive. Give it a rest. The adults are now in charge.

New Majority purports to offer a way back from the wilderness for Republicans or a third way between left and right. I have to say it has not impressed me and if these clowns represent the audience, I'll decline the offer to follow them.

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New Majority commenters dump on 9/11 families

Elise Cooper who has contributed several pieces here at BLACKFIVE, has a post up at the New Majority about a meeting between members of the Justice Department and families of those killed on 9/11.

The Attorney General, Eric Holder, attended only the June 16th meeting and stayed for only one out of four hours.  Debra Burlingame, the sister of the pilot of American 77 that crashed into the Pentagon, explained that the families asked substantial questions which were either not answered or hardly answered.  She stated that “Holder was sorry he walked into that room.  For one hour they did not accept his platitudes.  The questioning was aggressive, hard, and pointed.  They got the message that these people were not going to be satisfied with the celebrity appearance and vague remarks. “

While it was a kind gesture to hold such a meeting, some of the elements showed a lack of tact, such as having a former counter-terrorism counsel for Human Rights Watch participate. This woman, Jennifer Daskal, who is now a member of the Justice Department Detainee Review Task Force has written that military commissions were “illegitimate, dysfunctional, and a kangaroo court.”. The families feel that the meetings with them were simply to provide political cover as the administration moves forward granting more rights to the detainees at Gitmo. While that point can be argued the comments at NM are inarguably offensive. I find it incomprehensible that someone can find more common ground with terrorists than with those who lost family members to terrorism. Here is the first comment.

These are people like Burlingame whose names we’ve been reading for years arguing that we should invade Iraq, Hussein was behind it all, we need to go to war with Islamofascism, etc. etc. In short they’ve hijacked a national tragedy to promote a series of actions that have been enormously costly to the national interest and almost entirely counterproductive. Give it a rest. The adults are now in charge.

New Majority purports to offer a way back from the wilderness for Republicans or a third way between left and right. I have to say it has not impressed me and if these clowns represent the audience, I'll decline the offer to follow them.

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