The accused mastermind of the September 11 attacks and his four co-conspirators will be sent to New York for trial in a court near the site of the World Trade Center. What could possibly go wrong with that scenario?

Civil liberties advocates hailed the decision to transfer the men to criminal courts in New York. Gee, what a surprise.

The U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, expressed complete confidence in his decision. And yet another shocking statement.

Is it any wonder that people living in and around New York were angry at the idea of these men being relocated to a city that was traumatized by the terror attack eight years ago? Many in the area voiced their opinions stating that the best place to hold their trial would be in military tribunals because they’re terrorism suspects. The latter seems to be a plausible initiative. Bringing them back onto United States soil could likely be seen as an insult to those who lost relatives and loved ones in the attack. Why would anyone want them housed in a detention facility in close proximity to their home?

Muslim terrorist is initially excused by most in the media

Anyone yelling “Allahu Akbar” (the “God is great” jihadist battle cry) while firing two automatic weapons into a roomful of American soldiers and government civilians must surely be seen as having Islamist motivation. But true to form, the mainstream media initially played down the Fort Hood massacre due to Nidal Hasan’s long-term religious beliefs. Democrat and Republican explanations of the cold-blooded killings at Ft. Hood are fraught with “political correctness” and the stench of their spineless rhetoric is sickening.

And it isn’t a matter of being anti-Muslim; it’s a nationwide epidemic of being afraid do almost anything because of what the government’s increased domination in every aspect of our lives. We don’t know from day-to-day what we can and can’t do and what the penalties may be.

But we have to wonder how the FBI concluded after reading more than 20 e-mails that Hasan sent to an Al Qaeda imam who had advised two of the 9/11 plotters were “consistent with the subject matter of his research” that he wasn’t somewhat suspicious and warranted further examination. It’s just isn’t normal for a military officer to present a PowerPoint presentation to his peers that closed with the jihadist motto “We love death more than you love life.”

The ongoing struggle with “political correctness” has created a huge rift in our society. We need to jettison our preconceived philosophies and biases and get seriously again about securing the country. Otherwise, we’re wide open to further incomprehensible human-caused tragedies.