His sentence seems too short – but maybe he and his fellow eco-terrorists can serve their time at Gitmo.

Declaring that fires set at a police station, an SUV dealership and a tree farm were acts of terrorism, a federal judge Wednesday sentenced a member of a radical environmental group to 13 years in prison.

Stanislas Meyerhoff, 29, has admitted to being a member of a Eugene cell of the Earth Liberation Front known as The Family, which was responsible for more than 20 arson fires from 1996 through 2001 in five Western states that caused $40 million in damage.

U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken commended Meyerhoff for having the courage to "do the right thing" by giving authorities information about his fellow arsonists after his arrest.

But Aiken said his efforts to save the Earth by setting fires were misguided and cowardly, and contributed to an unfair characterization of others working legally to protect the environment as radicals.

"It was your intent to scare and frighten other people through a very dangerous and psychological act - arson," Aiken told Meyerhoff. "Your actions included elements of terrorism to achieve your goal."

This guy at least recognizes he was wrong – and made a statement that could clearly come from the mouths of most left-wing radicals.

"I was ignorant of history and economy and acted from a faulty and narrow vision as an ordinary bigot," said Meyerhoff, his voice breaking at times.

After all, dissent is not tolerated by the Left – and must be met with violence. After all, that violence is in the service of a higher cause, and those who are its victims deserve it for not kowtowing to the dogma of the Left.

And here is a family member of another convicted domestic eco-terrorist – trying to make the case that burning down buildings (which could kill people, last time I checked) for political purposes is not terrorism. The scary part? The individual making the argument is a former firefighter!

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