Does Dick Morris proofread his columns?
November 16, 2009 10:59 am ET by Jamison Foser
He must not. I mean, if he did, wouldn't he notice the silliness of this claim?
President Obama's decision to put Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on trial in New York City along with four others accused of helping destroy the World Trade Center and attack the Pentagon on 9-11 paints a bulls-eye for terrorists right on New York City, their favorite target. Now Obama has identified where the terrorists should focus their energies - on New York City.
Um ... If "New York City" is already the terrorists' "favorite target," why do they need a bulls-eye painted on it? Does Dick Morris think terrorists don't know where New York is? Or does he think they've forgotten what their "favorite target" is?
And don't get me started on the next sentence, in which Dick Morris offers advice to the terrorists, telling them they "should focus their energies" on New York City.
More Morris:
In any event, President Obama is affording the terrorists exactly what they wanted in the first place - a global stage right near New York's theater district.
Really? The terrorists were that concerned about their proximity to New York's theater district? I find that a little hard to believe.
Morris:
Finally, there is the disturbing question of what will happen if Mohammed and/or his some of his confreres are found to be not guilty. Where will they be released? Will they walk out of the courtroom free to prowl the streets of New York, their transportation having been paid courtesy of the taxpayers?
Now, I don't have Dick Morris' track record when it comes to predicting the future, but I'm going to offer a prediction anyway: No.
I assume, have him extradited there for yet more trials.
the congressman said oh guess we just will release him in Brooklyn or why not Manhattan.
Just how far you think they get.
I think they would be 5 other trails for the dead of said 5. But then again if you listen to the wrong side party you would think that the people of NYC was cream puffs.
But the fear he's trying to instill is this - had Obama not been trying these guys in NYC, the terrorists might have chosen a new target, but since Obama is trying these guys in NYC, then it's re-focused attention on NYC, and terrorists will reject using another target.
So, what I read from that is that Morris wouldn't be as upset with an attack elsewhere in the USA as he would be if NYC got hit again. I mean, that's the only conclusion that one can come to - that he's upset that NYC is even more at risk now, so he cares more about NYC being hit than any other place being hit.
It's not that he thinks that trying these guys brings increased focus to the USA as a target. That doesn't seem to be a concern for him at all.
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