Saturday, May 06, 2006

No Civilian Court for Terrorists

I agree with this totally, especially with our liberal dominated judicial system:

There is a historical debate over whether German saboteurs captured here during World War II were treated fairly when they were thrown before a military tribunal, found guilty and executed. We now know the answer, at least by the standards established in the Zacarias Moussaoui trial: No. How could we pass judgment on German spies without duly considering whether they had suffered unhappy home lives? Were their families comfortably middle-class, or did they struggle to make ends meet? Did their fathers support them, or did they keep them at a cold distance? Was the German social system conducive to their deepest personal aspirations?

...The answer is a lot, which is exactly the way it should be in almost every circumstance. Our criminal-justice system affords to the individual all sorts of procedural protections to cushion him from the awesome powers of the state. But these protections shouldn't apply to enemy combatants bent on destroying our way of life. They stand outside our system. Their offenses aren't criminal in nature, but are acts of war.

The liberals still debate whether Bush instigated 9/11, so should we trust their courts to meet out real justice?