As noted from my post yesterday, Rumsfeld has resigned from his position as Secretary of Defense. As if this honorable patriot was not under enough attack while Secretary of Defense, the vultures are coming out of the woodwork now to formalize their attack now that Rumsfeld is no longer under the protection of his office.

First, of course, is the ACLU:

The American Civil Liberties Union today applauded Donald Rumsfeld’s resignation from his post as Defense Secretary, and called on Congress to investigate the gross abuse of power committed under his watch.

“Donald Rumsfeld’s resignation is a step in the right direction,” said Anthony D. Romero, ACLU Executive Director. “Rumsfeld is responsible for the torture and abuse of detainees in U. S. military custody and must be held accountable for the failures that occurred on his watch. He has placed the blame on junior military members and has been nothing but derelict in his duty. Congress must initiate an immediate and exhaustive investigation into his six-year-long record of unlawful activity, violations of the rule of law and complicity in the executive branch abuse of power.”

Pardon me, but that is a load of bull. Rumsfeld has served this country honorably, and with all the skill and capability he could bring to focus. Why is the ACLU so quick to criticize this man who has given much in a thankless job defending us while not uttering a word against the evil which seeks to destroy us?

Next, the ironically named Center for Constitutional Rights:

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s resignation on November 8th represents a first step toward accountability for the Bush Administration’s widespread practices of torture and unlawful detention, said attorneys at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR). Under Donald Rumsfeld’s direction–often under his direct orders–the Department of Defense adopted the practices of torture and indefinite detention that CCR is currently challenging in many court cases.

The Center will be filing a new case charging him with war crimes under Germany’s universal jurisdiction law together with the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), the Republican Attorneys Association (RAV) and others next week. CCR attorneys called on his successor to close Guantánamo and put an end to the unlawful torture and detention of thousands in the so-called war on terror.

The Center for Constitutional Rights represents hundreds of men detained at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Let that last sentence roll around in your head for a moment.

Assuming, as confirmed from CCRs website, the Constitutional Rights they are proposing to support are indeed American Rights - why are they so quick to involve a German court in this matter?

Finally Human Rights First:

Human Rights First welcomed the announcement today of the resignation of U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

“This step is welcome, and long overdue,” said Human Rights First Executive Director Maureen Byrnes. “It should send an important message to the military, the intelligence community, and all engaged in the protection of U.S. national security that Americans will no longer tolerate torture in their name.”

Human Rights First, together with the ACLU and former senior officers in the U.S. military, filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of Defense in 2005 seeking a court ruling that policies of torture and abuse authorized by the Secretary violated U.S. and international law. Oral arguments in the suit, now pending in U.S. federal district court in Washington, D.C., are currently set for December 8.

As the President moves quickly to fill this important position, Byrnes cautioned: “We would expect the next Secretary of Defense to adhere to the letter and spirit of U.S. and international law that squarely prohibits torture and abuse.”

What the rights of the peaceful Iraqis and Americnas to live without terrorist threat? HRF is correct about one this, this dose send an important message to a battered military - “Do you job and we will pull you down anyway”.

Organizations like the ACLU, CCR, and HRF are boils on our society. It must be a comfortable world where you can throw stones at the men who hold up the banner of freedom you hide beneath. I have spoken before about the belief that torture has its place in the American arsenal, but despite that I do not believe that Rumsfeld has cross the line of American or International law.

We are at war, and our enemies are trying their best to kill us. While I am sure our enemies appreciate the help of of these organizations, I hope the American people do not confuse the liberal squeamishness with the moral and proper execution of a war.