11-22-2009, 09:39 PM
(11-21-2009, 08:38 AM)IMaDick Wrote: Tell me what US law enforcement agency arrested these terrorists ?
if they were arrested by the military they deserve a military tribunal as war criminals .
I wouldn't make a blanket statement like that. It's always possible that innocent people, or at least people who do deserve 'a fair trial' could be arrested by the military for whatever reason. It doesn't seem to be true in this case, but it certainly could be true and I'm sure it has been and will be again.
dick Wrote:tell me is there a war being fought over their actions ? was the wolrd trade center considered an act of war ?
I believe it was considered 'an act of war'. Is there a war being fought over their actions? Sort of. The immediate (sort of) response to the WTC bombings, was to go bomb Iraq... when the terrorist organization responsible for the bombings was in AFGHANISTAN. So, yes, a war is being fought, but much of it has nothing to do with the bombings, it was just an excuse to invade Iraq.
'Dick Wrote:show me where at any point that these people became civilian criminals ?
From what you have said (and I admit, I'm fairly ignorant on the subject since I haven't been following it), you're talking about people who admitted responsibility, or at least involvement, in terrorist attacks on the US.
I believe that anyone who would be foolish enough to admit that, should be given what they want - execution without trial. If there were doubt or if they were proclaiming their innocence, I would believe that they would be entitled to a 'fair trial', if they are on our soil, whether they are citizens or not.
People who are not citizens certainly are not entitled to all of the rights our citizens lay claim to, but there are certain moral obligations we, as a (hopefully) moral nation have toward any human being. A fair trial is one of them. There are rights of citizens and then there are basic 'human rights'. I believe a fair trial is one of the latter.