re: #319 Obdicut

Oh, I’m not suggesting he should be given up to the Afghani authorities. And the US trial maybe somewhat “fairer” in procedural aspects than the Afghani trial.

The point is that the US record in regard to punishing the military massacre perpetrators shows that the US trials aren’t fair in absolute terms. Not “absolutely fair” - I don’t mean some ideal. Common sense not fair. The perpetrators still walk basically unpunished. My Lai may have happened decades ago, but it’s a datapoint, along with Haditha.

Whether there is intent that uses the crappy system or whether the system is crappy by itself (how can immunities be a good idea, rather than something that coerces false testimony or let certain people walk scot free?), or whether it is crappy due to incompetent people who use the system, or a combination of these factors, this still amounts to system that has produced unfair trials of massacre perpetrators against foreign civilians.

If he gets life one way or another (whether it be prison or psychatric institution), I will say that the times are changing in this respect.