Comments on: Obama nominates Taliban attorney to head Department of Justice division. http://www.redstate.com/kjl291/2009/03/13/obama-nominates-taliban-attorney-to-head-department-of-justice-division/ Just another RedState: Conservative News and Community weblog Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:15:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: thetexan http://www.redstate.com/kjl291/2009/03/13/obama-nominates-taliban-attorney-to-head-department-of-justice-division/#comment-290 thetexan Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:50:43 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/kjl291/?p=209#comment-290 The guy was on the battlefield as member of the Taliban. How many lawyers on this board would get in line to represent the Imperial Japanese Army or the SS if this was the 1940's? Isn't the smoking gun the fact that he was willing spouting usual legal BS to get this guy off? A guy who as part of the Taliban. You know - the group that wants to keep women uneducated, stone homosexuals to death, destroy democratic governments etc. And THIS guy is going to head a DOJ Civil Division? The guy was on the battlefield as member of the Taliban. How many lawyers on this board would get in line to represent the Imperial Japanese Army or the SS if this was the 1940′s?

Isn’t the smoking gun the fact that he was willing spouting usual legal BS to get this guy off? A guy who as part of the Taliban. You know – the group that wants to keep women uneducated, stone homosexuals to death, destroy democratic governments etc. And THIS guy is going to head a DOJ Civil Division?

]]> By: civil_truth http://www.redstate.com/kjl291/2009/03/13/obama-nominates-taliban-attorney-to-head-department-of-justice-division/#comment-285 civil_truth Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:56:28 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/kjl291/?p=209#comment-285 Lindh's parents paid for his legal representation. Now, remember that Lindh was not treated as a prisoner of war or an irregular combatant, but was brought to trial in civilian criminal court. Tony West's defending Lindh as an individual is a criminal proceeding in no way makes him a "Taliban attorney". The Taliban didn't hire him, Lindh's parents did. Now if you want to challenge his competency, then provide some facts. Overall, he sound like the kind of attorney one would expect from a leading San Francisco law firm. I don't see any smoking guns so far. Let's hold our fire for real breaches - we're not going to get conservatives appointed in the administration. Lindh’s parents paid for his legal representation.

Now, remember that Lindh was not treated as a prisoner of war or an irregular combatant, but was brought to trial in civilian criminal court. Tony West’s defending Lindh as an individual is a criminal proceeding in no way makes him a “Taliban attorney”. The Taliban didn’t hire him, Lindh’s parents did.

Now if you want to challenge his competency, then provide some facts. Overall, he sound like the kind of attorney one would expect from a leading San Francisco law firm.

I don’t see any smoking guns so far. Let’s hold our fire for real breaches – we’re not going to get conservatives appointed in the administration.

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