Excerpts from Peter Regan's remarks yesterday at a press conference on protests against the "9/11 trial" being held in New York.
I AM here today to express my opinion on this administration's recent decision to put terrorists from a foreign land on trial in a civilian court of law of the United States of America.
I am an American. I am a United States Marine, a New York City firefighter and the son of a New York City firefighter killed on 9/11.
As an American, I believe in the Constitution of the United States. I believe that the rights it guarantees are reserved for American citizens -- not handed out freely to people serving a destructive ideology. The rights that Americans have fought to protect for Americans should not be gifted to people who seek the destruction of this nation.
As a Marine, I understand that my and other servicemembers' purpose is to protect this land and our Constitution -- to protect it from enemies who threaten our way of life. From enemies that try to impose evil, to replace our freedoms with fear. And from enemies who have no other purpose than to kill and destroy something so precious as the United States.
On 9/11, we were attacked -- attacked not on some foreign soil or distant outpost, but right here in our home. This was not a random act of lunacy, but a coordinated act of war -- a preemptive strike on our nation.
While in the Marines, I became more determined to kill or capture more of these men who seek to impose their brutal ideology on our society. I did so with the understanding that I was fighting a war against warriors of an opposing side. I knew that, when the two sides met, the outcome would not include any courtrooms.
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