nyc AND all of US *and* the COUNTRY can HANDLE a trial, o-TAY?!1 n/t

[UTUSN]

[Xipe Totec]

1. But I'm afraid!

so very, very, afraid... :scared:

What if the terrorists look at me, and Michelle Bachmann is not there to protect me?! :scared:

[Arkana]

2. I'm wondering why Democrats aren't using this.

They can say "Why do Republicans believe that America's will is so fragile that this will shatter it?"

[Bitwit1234]

3. What I seriously don't understand

is..my are the republicans so afraid. If they are afraid of a man who has been locked away in a prison on an island for 7 years or so, is this why they run and hide like bush did when he was supposed to go to Viet Nam and defend his country. Or like cheney did and get deferment after deferment.

What a bunch of "he" men those republicans are..they like to start wars and send other families sons and daughters to do the fighting. That's how brave they are.

[ipaint]

4. Apparently there is still plenty to hide from "fragile" americans.

Omar Khadr -- the Canadian "child soldier" imprisoned at Guantanamo for the last seven years, since he was 15 years old, for allegedly throwing a grenade at an American soldier in Afghanistan (that's apparently "terrorism") and the subject of a difficult-to-watch video of him weeping like the child he is while being interrogated -- will reportedly be one of those denied a trial and instead allowed only a military commission, according to Canada's Canwest News Service (h/t sysprog):

Canadian-born terror suspect Omar Khadr faces continued prosecution in the U.S. military tribunal established in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. . . .

The federal system offers the full panoply of defendant rights available to U.S. citizens under the U.S. Constitution, while civil rights groups have argued the military commissions at the U.S. naval base in Cuba do not meet that standard.

The decision regarding Khadr means that the Obama administration has, for now at least, rejected calls by his U.S. and Canadian defence teams for the repatriation of the Canadian-born terror suspect" . . . My view is, he should be prosecuted," said navy Capt. John Murphy, chief prosecutor in the military commissions system.

So even for 15-year-olds who we imprison for seven years with no charges, we refuse to give them a trial. And note how the Canadian press account stresses our multi-tiered system of justice and how their citizen is receiving second-tier due process -- an observation that one can be sure will repeat itself worldwide.

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/

We only get to see the prisoners they know they can convict. Bush's military trials and indefinate detention for those we can't.

[Bolo Boffin]

5. I'd be more afraid if I was KSM being taken to New York for trial, personally. n/t

[Misskittycat]

6. c-Tay, UTUSN