Terrorist trials in New York – Revisited
November 21, 2009 by LD Jackson · 5 Comments
Just over a week ago, United States Attorney General Eric Holder announced that he would be bringing five of the suspects in the 9/11 attacks to New York to stand trial in federal civilian court. These suspects are Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Waleed bin Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi and Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali. At the [...]
President Obama speaks to the Muslim world
June 4, 2009 by LD Jackson · 3 Comments
President Obama has been planning to give this speech for quite some time, since well before he won the election in November and moved into the White House. He has made it very clear he wants a new beginning with the Muslim world and he said as much in his speech in Cairo, Egypt. From [...]
The legacy of George W. Bush
December 8, 2008 by LD Jackson · 6 Comments
As we near the end of President Bush’s 2nd and last term in office, I thought it would be fitting to write about the legacy of one of the most maligned Presidents our country has ever had and most certainly, one of the most unpopular Presidents in my lifetime.
One of George Bush’s biggest failures has [...]