Culberson for Congress Article RSS http://www.culbersonforcongress.com Culberson for Congress Article RSS feed. . Culberson for Congress http://www.culbersonforcongress.com/tresources/en/images/icons/tendenci34x15.gif http://www.culbersonforcongress.com no Copyright 2005, Culberson for Congress Tendenci Membership Management Software by Schipul - The Web Marketing Company en-us noemail@culbersonforcongress.com Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:42:51 GMT Articles http://www.culbersonforcongress.com/en/art/235/ <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; color: black">Yesterday the President said, "We are at war. We are at war against al Qaeda, a far-reaching network of violence and hatred that attacked us on 9/11, that killed nearly 3,000 innocent people, and that is plotting to strike us again." &nbsp;If we are at war, then why is an al Qaeda terrorist who tried to blow up a plane on Christmas Day being arraigned in a federal court today? &nbsp;Why is he not being treated as a prisoner of war? &nbsp;I call on the president to explain clearly his definition of &#8220;war against al Qaeda.&#8221; </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; color: black">I do not believe terrorists who kill or attempt to kill innocent people should be housed on U.S. soil and granted the same rights as American citizens. &nbsp;President Obama and House Democrats support the idea of bringing terrorists onto U.S. soil as a way to honor the Constitution.&nbsp; Affording terrorists constitutional protections does just the opposite &#8211; it weakens our judicial system and undermines our Constitution.</span></p> <br><br>8-Jan-10 4:00 PM HOW DOES THE PRESIDENT DEFINE WAR? <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; color: black">Yesterday the President said, "We are at war. We are at war against al Qaeda, a far-reaching network of violence and hatred that attacked us on 9/11, that killed nearly 3,000 innocent people, and that is plotting to strike us again." &nbsp;If we are at war, then why is an al Qaeda terrorist who tried to blow up a plane on Christmas Day being arraigned in a federal court today? &nbsp;Why is he not being treated as a prisoner of war? &nbsp;I call on the president to explain clearly his definition of &#8220;war against al Qaeda.&#8221; </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; color: black">I do not believe terrorists who kill or attempt to kill innocent people should be housed on U.S. soil and granted the same rights as American citizens. &nbsp;President Obama and House Democrats support the idea of bringing terrorists onto U.S. soil as a way to honor the Constitution.&nbsp; Affording terrorists constitutional protections does just the opposite &#8211; it weakens our judicial system and undermines our Constitution.</span></p> no http://www.culbersonforcongress.com/en/art/235/ Jennifer Naedler Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:00:00 GMT