Re: The debate
From: djgordon (danigordon_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 10/04/04
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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 10:46:23 -0500
Why should he deserve any better than what our fallen soldiers have
received? Did you see Iraq or anyone take our soldiers into custody, give
them a trial, and then sentence them to death? No, they were shot down where
they stood. What's the damn difference in wartime? I am with Eli on this
one, Shoot Him Dead, save our tax money from some stupid trial, and get on
with our lives and let our soldiers come home and get back to their somewhat
normal lives.
Dani
"Eliyahu Rooff" <lrooff@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Jeannie H Wilson" <jeanniehwilson@aol.comnonospam> wrote in message
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> > >Hyperbole, but when we're choosing between taking him dead or alive,
> > >"dead" results in a lot fewer problems with attempts to force his
> > >release via hostages and blackmail, and saves the millions of dollars
> > >that a trial would cost.
> >
> > Yes, lots of money could be saved by omitting the need for lots of
> trials but
> > people still deserve the right to a fair trial and to justice. I am
> shocked to
> > see some of your posts of late.
> >
> If we're going to be realistic, any trial of Bin Laden would be a show
> trial, pure and simple. Is there anyone in the world who could entertain
> even a reasonable doubt as to whether or not he is the head of Al Qaeda,
> whether he has backed, financed and directed the murders of thousands of
> civilians, and called for more attacks? Even the Nuremberg trials had
> defendants for whom the question of responsibility was arguable, and
> there were a number of acquittals in them. When there's only one
> possible outcome for a trial and it's known in advance, it becomes a
> formality, and it's difficult to justify spending the millions of
> dollars that such a show trial would cost. It would be an ongoing media
> event, an opportunity for terrorists to take hostages, threaten
> vulnerable targets and create havoc throughout the world. Look at the
> ongoing trial of Slobodan Milosevic. It's been underway for over a year
> now with no end in sight, doing little more than to provide Milosovic a
> forum from which to justify the torture and killing of his citizens and
> to equivocate about any responsibility on his own part.
>
> Yes, if we capture Bin Laden, we'll try him, going to great extremes to
> demonstrate that his rights are being upheld and that he gets a fair
> trial. We'll spend a fortune doing so, accomplish nothing unexpected in
> the process, and he'll be found guilty. He's unlikely to surrender,
> though, and I feel that his death in combat will be no loss to anyone.
>
> Eliyahu
>
>
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