Talking About the New Traitors

Religious zealots bent on the destruction of U.S. national security and our freedom-loving way of life have once again attacked the very heartland of our country.

[Courtesy AP]
“Saturday, July 26, 2003; 9:32 AM
DENVER - In October, three nuns vandalized a nuclear missile silo to protest the use of weapons of war. For that act, all three will spend the next several years behind bars.
A federal judge on Friday sentenced Jackie Hudson to 2 1/2 years, Ardeth Platte to almost 3 1/2 years and Carol Gilbert to two years and nine months. All three were given three years of supervised probation.
U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn departed from sentencing guidelines Friday in punishing the women. While the maximum term is 30 years, the guidelines call for a six-year minimum term.
"We're satisfied," prosecutor Robert Brown said.
Hudson, 68, Gilbert, 55, and Platte, 66, were convicted in April of obstructing the nation's defense and damaging government property after cutting a fence and walking onto a Minuteman III silo site, swinging hammers and using their blood to paint a cross on the structure.
Officials said the women caused at least $1,000 in damage.”

These anti-American terrorists should have gotten 30 years. A thousand dollars worth of damage? Maybe that’s what it costs to cover up their slogans of anti-government rebellion and repair the fence. But more is damaged by their actions than that.

Already this weekend, hundreds of misguided men and women have launched similar protests against nuclear missile sites all over Colorado. This wave of collaborationist anti-Americanism may spread through the West and then the entire nation, engulfing us in weakening self-doubt at the very moment when we must stay the course.

Then there is the longer term, more horrific damage to the patriot fabric of our nation. Think of the children. That’s right. The millions of children whose pure minds and hearts have been forever corrupted by the knowledge of the atrocities committed by these three criminals.

Stalwarts of the Republican Party, that bastion of family values and the freedom to bear arms, stand unwaveringly against such corruption of youth.

Take the noted Republican and ex-gambler Bill Bennett, an expert in family values. He’s often proclaimed that kids imitate what they see. His argument has made its way into the courtroom almost every time some youngster has gotten hold of the family’s loaded guns and shot schoolmates, citizens and other innocents. Liberals making the movies are to blame for it. He’s sagely said it many times. Clearly, had the kids not gone to the movies, they would have stolen the weapons and just shot at targets with them.

And what harm would there have been in that? The second amendment guarantees their right to such activities, as long as the weapon has a barrel at least 18 inches long and is not fully automatic. They need the practice, besides, to protect our freedom.

A similar family-values champion is Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger. He represents such positive youth-oriented, life-affirming fare as the “Terminator” movies. Filled with healthy action that appeals to all ages, these films clearly show that you should only turn your weaponry on machines, and if you must shoot people, take extra care not to kill them. What better example to set for youth?

On the other hand, these terrorist-nuns set an insidious and evil example for youth.
Just consider the lurid details of their malicious anti-family, anti-American deeds:
· They were unarmed, a clear affront to the second amendment
· They destroyed government property, a direct attack on our capitalist system and the most cherished beliefs of our leaders who rank property rights above personal rights and who wish to drill for oil and log ancient trees in our protected national wilderness areas
· They exercised their right to assembly and free speech, making a mockery of these inalienable rights when during a war all right-thinking, patriotic Americans know they are duty bound to be 100 percent behind whatever the government does, plans or stands for.
· They questioned, during a time of war, our President, who embodies the very nature of our democratic process, representing as he does the majority of the Justices on the Supreme Court.

Clearly, these nuns are traitors and have been dealt with too leniently. Their actions can only offer comfort and aid to the many enemies we now face both on the battlefield and upon the global diplomatic stage. We are fighting almost single-handedly to free the world from the bloodshed of terrorism. For their sins against our country, these three evildoers should never again see the light of day.

Even the death penalty would not be too harsh in this case. One can only hope that some patriot in jail with them will settle the matter by finishing what the Justice system—still hamstrung its effort to preserve freedom by the need to formally charge and convict people—could not.

These nuns may claim that Jesus is their guide. But Jesus said, “to render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s.” Doesn’t this mean that He would tell us that we owe our country unquestioned loyalty at a time like this?

Nowadays everyone asks, “What would Jesus do?” These nuns naively and treasonously think He would be opposed to our war.

Thankfully our country’s leaders are wiser. They understand He’d know the justice of their crusade—and be on the front lines, helping our brave young troops coordinate “the kill box.” He would be for our avenging warriors a winged guardian on high, like the AWACs that rule over our high-tech battlefields. And they know that He’d be proud to play his part.
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