"Those who seek to be liked rather than respected wind up neither" Thaddeus McCotter (R) MI
We've all heard the news that the 9/11 conspirators will be tried as criminals, when I hear the word criminal I think of someone who has broken the law- someone who needs to be tried and if found guilty, do time for what they have done, that is how our justice system works. While the word criminal can cover many different infractions, these are crimes that are meant to be tried in a court of law. However, to try these 5 terrorists as 'just' criminals is a ridiculous decision, these terrorists have committed one of the most heinous crimes in our countries history, they have committed an act of war, and should be tried by a military tribunal, many argue that these terrorists deserve to be tried a regular criminals. They say they would get a fair trial, but as we all know from various trials in recent history have just been used as live reality shows whereby 'justice' gets pushed aside in favor of the 'show.' Bringing these terrorists to New York to trial will be dangerous and cause further distractions to an already heated trial. I hope this decision will be reconsidered (it won't,) our country is still in need of healing, and unless this trial is moved to a military venue where it really belongs as these 5 are truly war criminals, I don't beleive we will get the closure we need.
