Hi Snowshoe, odd article by Saffire, it's like he changed his mind halfway thru...
"What do we do if Osama bin Laden gives himself up? A proper trial like that Israel afforded Adolf Eichmann, it is feared, would give the terrorist a global propaganda platform. "
Nonsense. There's nothing holding his platform back now, or in the future, except common sense - it only works through schools of the young and ignorant where it is not questioned. The cure is to cross-examine any such beliefs. A court would reveal that crap to be the ignorant nonsense that it is, and his conviction will send a message to the rest of the world. If secret messages are feared testimony can be held off-camera.
"... it would be likely to result in widespread hostage-taking by his followers to protect him from the punishment he deserves."
More bullshit. All hostage-taking, bomb-throwing, hijackings, poisonings etc have ALL been tried, and are being tried. Does anyone think the Taleban is "holding back" something for later? Not a chance. The Taliban are soon to be toast, and have, or will have tried everything they can lay their hands on.
Bottom line - Kill the terrorists, try those that surrender, keep everything public except true military secrets, and be prepared to justify those later in writing; cut the crap.
This secret tiptoeing around is what got us into this mess in the first place - we had no business sticking our finger in that light socket, now it's time to pull it out.
But that's too simple |
