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Originally Posted by GermanBJJ
And America isn't in a civil war or crisis so what's your point?
Do I think Osama should have access to criminal courts if captured alive? Personally, I think so. I don't subscribe to the idea that some people are just such bad people that they shouldn't be given a fair trial.
Military tribunals exist because it is not practical to hold trials for tens of thousands of captured troops one at a time, particularly when the evidence is against the group and not a particular individual.
But when a single person is captured, it's only civilized to have a trial. Only tyrannies don't try individuals fairly.
But he will probably be tried by Afghanistan or Pakistan or have a bomb dropped on his head so I don't know if this will even be an issue.
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my point is, he isnt even american but attacked americans and some want to give him these rights. lincoln of all people saw americans as not needing these rights for a duration of time.
and you dont think there are such bad people out there that they shouldnt be given a fair trial, some people are very bad, and very very very rich, and any trial will probably get them off the hook.