9/11 trial

[timesjoke]

Okay, I would like to narrow down a discussion about this trial for KSM and company.

 

Is this a "real" trial or just for show?

 

 

 

Obama has already guranteed a conviction.

 

 

This is special because Obama is putting a lot of political clout on the line if they were to be found not guilty so why would he make that kind of promise? Sh!t happens in court cases and we all have heard of how truly guilty killers have walked out of courtrooms free men so what does this tell us?

 

 

So why do it? Why make that kind of promise?

 

I think it is in the bag, the fix is on and this is just a puppet trial for political gain.

 

 

 

 

 

But what if it is not a sham and this is a real trial?

 

 

Then we have to accept the fact that these guilty men could be found innocent and if that should happen......what then? Holder said in his hearing that these men would never be released to the public and enemy combatant rules would be used to contain them.......

 

 

What? Why do this then?

 

 

If they will not have any chance for freedom even if found innocent in civilian courts why have the trial? Is the "appearance" of fairness the only consideration?

 

 

 

Then there is the cost.

 

There are all sorts of numbers being tossed around but the most reasonable seem to show this trial costing from 75 million to 100 million a year and if their lawyer is good, this could easily take a couple years.

 

 

Other costs could be a terrorist attack on New York because of this added new attention that will be drawn to it. This could bolden our enemies to know that they can get American rights too if they are captured. I don't like any of this.

[timesjoke]

A close friend of mine says he thinks Obama is odrering this civilian trial as a distraction. This trial will be dragging up an entire host of Bush people and will have testimony at great length about torture conducted and parading agent after agent who conducted the actions through the circus as a way of trying to embarass Bush and take some heat off him and his declining popularity due to his transformation into a purely partisan (and radical) President.