re: #1139 LudwigVanQuixote

NO asshole it doesn’t. There is a complete difference between an action on a battlefield against an armed foe - or even a potentially armed foe and taking legal actions with those who have already been disarmed and captured.

You are smoking crack if you think I am equating those.

The four men whose brains my grandfather sprayed on a field in France were disarmed and captured at the time. Think he hesitated one moment, when he saw the shadow of their double-zig insignia on their collars?

Once KSM was captured, then he should have gone straight to trial, in your estimation. he didn’t, because there were things we needed to learn about from him that couldn’t be gained if we treated him like a defendant in a criminal case. You can’t gather much intelligence if you tell your prisoner he has the right to remain silent.