Quote:Help me catch up (please do not read this as having my usual sarcasm)


Why is there an argument going on here when they won't try them in any court at all?

Personally, I believe everyone not in the military should be tried in normal federal court, and given right any citizen has.
That's just me.


I always fear the government doing things outside the public view.

The problem with that is...People who provoke us into military actions such as Osama Bin Laden, Al Queda, ISIS, et.al are not an army/military affiliated with any nation, but commit crimes against the United States and their interests on foreign soil...Crimes committed against America on foreign soil CAN NOT BE PROSECUTED IN U.S. COURTS because the crimes were commited in another country...

 

Crimes against America and our interests committed within America or any of it's territories, CAN be prosecuted in U.S. Courts, BUT...Terror attacks are made by terrorist groups (Al Queda etc) have been grouped into what is called "Enemy Combatants" because they (the terrorists) have no affiliation or representation of any Nation...Without having a Nation who acknowledges that terror groups are representing them, prosecuting them is nearly impossible in other countries...They can't be tried in American Courts, they claim no alliance to any nation, and they represent no nation, so what do you do with them?

 

I don't like the idea of capturing "enemy combatants" and just leave them caged up without trial...Some have been freed, some have been moved from Gitmo, but some have been held since we began this "war on terror" and that's inhumane. But the million dollar question is, what do you do with them...

 

The very best answer is the Military Tribunal prosecution, but the process needs to be sped up...It's just plain wrong to hold human beings in captivity this long without having a trial...

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