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Terrorist trial
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:47 pm
by Bookworm
Should terrorists be tried in the US court system or by military tribunals?
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Terrorist trial
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:17 pm
by Red Squirrel
I say they should just be shot on site. No trial.
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Terrorist trial
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:32 am
by Chyse
Red Squirrel wrote: I say they should just be shot on site. No trial.
agreed
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Terrorist trial
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 7:32 pm
by manadren
Red Squirrel wrote: I say they should just be shot on site. No trial.
[sarcasm] Right, great idea. Because the last thing Al-Qaeda wants is for us to turn those guys into martyrs. [/sarcasm]
But to answer the question, I think the US Court system is the right place. If they were captures in Iraq or Afghanistan maybe, but what they did wasn't really in the context of any war (except in the minds of Al-Qaeda), nor are they on foreign soil, which would lend more towards tribunal. You could argue it either way though.
Personally I think trail in the US courts does less to bolster the martyr image of the accused, which is what we really want in the end. We have to handle this carefully so that it doesn't end up just being a call to arms to Al-Qaeda and it's potential members.
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