9/11 Families Not Exactly Thrilled About Closing Club Gitmo

Who can blame them, especially when the monsters who perpetrated the attack are openly admitting how proud they are of attacking America? Now after over seven years of ridiculous conspiracy theories openly promulgated by the left, here we are on the precipice of shutting down the prison housing these maniacs. All because supposed "world opinion" says we better do it so people will love us again.

How insipid can we get? I guess the feelings of the families no longer matter. It's all about gooey paeans of hopenchange.

Plans to close Guantanamo are not sitting well with the Sept. 11 victims' relatives who sat stunned while two alleged terrorists declared they were proud of their role in the plot.

The U.S. military brought relatives of three Sept. 11 victims to Guantanamo to observe pretrial hearings in the case of five men charged in the plot who could get the death penalty if convicted.

It is a potentially momentous time for the military detention center. President-elect Barack Obama — whose inauguration is Tuesday — has said he will close it, and many observers and some officials here expect him to suspend the war crimes tribunals for accused terrorists and move the trials to the U.S.

The five invited relatives of 9/11 victims oppose such a move.

"Though the wheels are grinding, they are turning here and this place must remain open and justice must be served," Andrew Arias, whose brother, Adam, was killed in the attacks, told reporters at the base Monday.

"If not here, where?" said Arias, of South River, N.J. "Keep it open, let's get the job done."

The victims' relatives were in the courtroom audience as two Sept. 11 defendants, Ramzi Binalshibh and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, proclaimed their role in the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

"We did what we did; we're proud of Sept. 11," said Binalshibh, who has said he wants to plead guilty to charges.

The relatives of the victims said they were outraged by the comments, as well as Mohammed's complaints later about not being able to see his family.

"If they're guilty ... then let's give them the death penalty that they deserve," said Jim Riches of Brooklyn, N.Y., whose 29-year-old firefighter son, Jimmy, was killed at the World Trade Center.

Good luck with that, Mr. Riches. In fact I'll go out on a limb and suggest we've seen the last of executions in this country for some time.

Funny, but I haven't heard a peep from the 9/11 Troofers since Binalshibh and Mohammed said how proud they were to murder 2800 Americans. But we're sure to hear how wonderful we are when Obama announced his intentions to close Guantanamo Bay. Sure, the left will gush about how we'll be loved again, but the families of the victims will likely see it as a big middle finger.

Nothing like making them relive the pain all over again.