Get Used to an Exceptional President and an Unexceptional Country
That's the current Obama-administration message. I suppose that in World War II or Korea, the U.S. could have captured non-uniformed infiltrators, shipped them to a POW camp, dithered over how to handle them, and then sent them back to the U.S. for civilian trials, as if they were U.S. citizens, with full legal rights, facing criminal charges of the sort brought against Americans. But with the upcoming terrorist trials in New York, we have crossed the Rubicon, and lots of eerie questions will arise. Can those attacked or wounded by Predator drones sue in U.S. courts for America's judge/jury/executioner treatment...
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Tags: Citizens, Criminal Charges, Executioner, Infiltrators, Korea, Obama, Pow Camp, Predator Drones, Rubicon, World War Ii, X27