Give the Terrrorist Posada Carriles the Boot!

marjorie says...

As Mikaela so aptly points out, the Bush Administration is completely hypocritical. One of the most egregious examples is playing out this very week with all charges against Luis Posada Carriles dropped by a federal judge in El Paso who said the Justice Department had improperly dealt with his case. Of course, the charges dropped were illegal immigration charges, not charges against Posada for his long history of terrorism. As we have pointed out numerous times on m-pyre (see here, here, here, and here) Posada is an international terrorist. This is acknowledged almost across the board. Even the U.S. government doesn't deny it.

How can the Bush administration continue to hold the banner high against "terrorism" and let an utter terrorist walk the streets of Miami freely? I'll tell you why...because the U.S. government is just fine with "terrorism" if the acts are done by those who act in accordance with U.S. foreign policy objectives. You want to blow up a plane full of people? And those are Cuban people? "Well...ok!! Because, you know, we don't like Cuba!"

That's exactly what this man did, and it's a well-known fact. So why isn't he being extradited to Venezuela, which is the country from which he plotted and carried out that act, a country which has had a long standing case against him that predates Chavez? He went on to engage in smaller terrorist acts for decades, moving from country to country. And seemingly, its just fine with our government.

He does not belong in this country unless we are utter hypocrites. Join us in a protest tomorrow at the Federal Courthouse. It's really too egregious to let slide by with a shake of our heads.