Giuliani won't answer whether or not the U.S. courts have more credibility than tribunals

[sabra]

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/11/18/2130942.aspx

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First Read asked Giuliani if he does not believe that the U.S. courts have more credibility than military tribunals in the eyes of the world, and what’s changed in his view.

He defended his earlier statements by saying military tribunals had not been an option for trying these suspects then. But now that option exists, and even the Obama administration will be going the military route for some alleged terrorists, he said.

He didn’t answer the question of whether or not the U.S. courts have more credibility than tribunals.

Military tribunals have been around since the Revolutionary War, of course, but the Bush administration announced its intention to create tribunals to try non-U.S. citizens suspected of terrorist activity after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Their legitimacy has been called into question around the world, but Republicans would argue that the U.S. was in a unique situation after 9/11 and that acts of terrorism should be treated as acts of war.

“That alternative was not available then,” Giuliani said. “And if that was not available now, then of course I’d be in favor.”

The United Kingdom and Spain held trials in their countries in relation to the 7/7 London bombings and the Madrid train bombings.

He also said that 9//1 was “the most outrageous of all attacks,” “could be clearly viewed as a foreign invasion of our city,” “plotted overseas,” “carried out by foreigners,” “tantamount to a foreign attack on the U.S, “It was clearly an act of war.”

[hobbit709]

1. When was the last time Rudy had credibility?

[Nikki Stone1]

2. 9/11?

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[stray cat]

3. Of course they do

[stray cat]

4. Giuliani elevates the status of thugs by calling them warriors.....

Terrorism is a crime

[Bitwit1234]

5. He's just made at the civilian courts because

the ruled against him in all his divorces.

[Subdivisions]

6. Giulliani was conspicuously absent from the NEW Emergency Operations

Center on the morning of 9/11. Why is that? The ONE PLACE he should've been he was absent from. Instead, he was (allegedly) down in the streets playing the hero and avoiding a building that was supposed to come down that day. Oh, wait...Building 7 did come down that day. He wasn't there because he knew. HE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN THAT DAY AND PLACED HIMSELF IN THE POSITION OF BEING SEEN AS A HERO. He's NOT a hero. He's a conspirator in the worst terrorist attack in United States history.

THAT is why he's been shitting his pants since Holder's announcement.