Re: Apparently The Case Against KSM Is Lacking

On Mar 5, 12:37 pm, M <m...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mar 5, 10:59 am, b...@xxxxxxxxx (Bradley K. Sherman) wrote:

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 | Marine Col. Jeffrey Colwell, acting chief defense counsel
 | at the Defense Department's Office of Military Commissions,
 | said it would be a "sad day for the rule of law" if Obama
 | decides not to proceed with a federal trial. "I thought
 | the decision where to put people on trial -- whether
 | federal court or military commissions -- was based on what
 | was right, not what is politically advantageous," Colwell said.
 | ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/04/AR201....>

I agree with what Colwell says.

After all, either the radical moselems are at war - and should be
treated in accord with the Geneva Convention and tried in military
court - or they are criminal and should be tried as criminals.

Criminal are handled in "civilian" courts, by the intent of the
founders of our country.  I'm not sure why the folks that are
demanding different treatment for KSM and his ilk think of themselves
as "conservatives."

Rule by law is conservative.

Mick

I want to reiterate- rule by law is conservative. If you want to have
differnt laws based on how authority labels people taht is right=-win
and very similar to the fascists, but not all all conservative.

So when someone says "[insert group here] shouldn't be given teh
rights we have," they are going against everything the founders of
teh US stood for no matter how heinous the [insert] is.


"Terrorist" "child molestor" "illegal immigrant" "drug dealer"
whatever. In the old days it was "Witch" "inidian lover" or "quaker"
and in the end, the issue stays the same: Rule by law is conservative
here, rule by authority is fascism.

Mick
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