KSM Trial Will Expose Liberal Idiocy!

US Attorney General Eric Holder has decided to try the terrorist mastermind of 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in a US Federal Court. This decision, I believe, will expose the idiocy of liberals, when it comes to combating terror, or even dealing with terrorists we happen to capture. The first effect of this decision is already being realized, as army officials re-evaluate policy regarding captured detainees in the fields of battle. Now, they will have to consider the combatant will get full US jurisprudence according to the Constitution. This essentially means our military can't simply capture enemies on the fields of battle anymore, they must 'arrest' them, read their MIRANDA rights, and appoint an attorney if they can't afford one. Since you can't really exercise a proper arrest without a warrant, the military will have to compile enough evidence to have a prosecutor petition a judge for a warrant, then the army can capture an enemy combatant and process him for trial.

When Holder was asked a pertinent direct question about what happens if KSM is somehow acquitted, he said he refused to get into a hypothetical, and did not answer the question. When pressed further, he insisted KSM will not get off. I think if I am KSM's defense attorney, I want a copy of the tape where the US Attorney General admits my client will not have a fair trial and is already presumed guilty before the trial. Holder may have thought he was being clever to dodge a tough but legitimate question, however, he may have already tainted the possibility for a Federal Court to do anything other than declare a mistrial.

Here is the real problem, KSM was not "arrested" or held in custody by traditional means, so all of the usual law enforcement protocols which would normally apply to a civil arrest, simply aren't there. KSM was captured on a foreign field of battle, in a war, by our military. KSM was not read his Miranda rights, and his confession was not made in the presence of his attorney-- rather-- after being interrogated on a water board. So why Holder thinks the case is a slam dunk, I don't know. Seems like any half-decent defense attorney would have this case dismissed in about 20 mins., on those grounds alone. If not dismissed entirely, certainly the 'evidence' can't be used against him in the trial. Anyone who has watched Law & Order should know that.

I see the makings of a legal can of worms nightmare, and I don't think the liberals thought it through completely. This will undoubtedly be one of the most famous trials in American history, and World history for that matter... millions of people will be following every single minute detail. The courts will have to decide whether it should be televised... we'll have the network news crews creating special programs devoted to covering KSM's trial... each night the guest panel will pick over every tiny detail of the day... this will go on for months. All the while, KSM will use the opportunity to grandstand, make outrageous political statements, speak to his Jihadist following, spread radical Islamic propaganda... whatever the hell he pleases, because we have to allow him the same rights as an American citizen would have in a courtroom.

This is probably the most stupid thing I have ever seen any administration do in my lifetime. I'm 50 years old, so that is a long time... I've seen administrations do a lot of stupid shit. There is no 'upside' to this, as far as I can see. That is what puzzles me the most about why the administration chose this road. It seems they are just unable to see what a disaster this is going to end up being, and the consequences are going to fall squarely on them in the end.

Liberals used to be really good at trying to get me to "see things from the radical islamic perspective" ...I was told how I just didn't understand this was about their religious culture and societal struggle... jihad means struggle... Well... Try to see this from the Islamic perspective... KSM is a hero to them, he is a courageous religious leader who led the charge against the Great Satan... What are they going to think/say/do, when we execute him? Are we really ready for the ramifications of that, when he is put to death?
Yea well Dixie we know to you reich wingers the rule of law don't mean shit but to the rest of us bringing those responsible for 911 to justice by the rule of law is a very important principle. If you just don't get that well tough shit then. If you don't like living in a nation of laws then I suggest you go to some place like Somalia or Cuba where you won't have to tolerate something as idiotic and inconvenient as the rule of law.
 
Yea well Dixie we know to you reich wingers the rule of law don't mean shit but to the rest of us bringing those responsible for 911 to justice by the rule of law is a very important principle. If you just don't get that well tough shit then. If you don't like living in a nation of laws then I suggest you go to some place like Somalia or Cuba where you won't have to tolerate something as idiotic and inconvenient as the rule of law.

American laws apply to American citizens on American soil, not combative enemy persons captured in the field of battle at a time of war. Those persons are supposed to be tried by military tribunals, not civilian courts. If you don't like living in a country with common sense and any inkling of understanding about war, why don't you move to France?
 
American laws apply to American citizens on American soil, not combative enemy persons captured in the field of battle at a time of war. Those persons are supposed to be tried by military tribunals, not civilian courts. If you don't like living in a country with common sense and any inkling of understanding about war, why don't you move to France?
That's a moronic argument. You are simply saying that the US does not have to respect the human rights and due process due to any human being because they are not a US Citizen. That the US Government can do anything it wants to anyone who is not a US Citizen with out due process of law.

Not only is that a stupid notion it is a dangerous one as it guarentees that no other nation would respect our rights or provide us with due process of law within their nation. If we can do it to them, they can do it to us.

What you are suggesting Dixie is not the rule of law but the rule of the gun and knife.

In spite of the short commings it may have, most of us still prefer the rule of law.
 
That's a moronic argument. You are simply saying that the US does not have to respect the human rights and due process due to any human being because they are not a US Citizen. That the US Government can do anything it wants to anyone who is not a US Citizen with out due process of law.

Not only is that a stupid notion it is a dangerous one as it guarentees that no other nation would respect our rights or provide us with due process of law within their nation. If we can do it to them, they can do it to us.

What you are suggesting Dixie is not the rule of law but the rule of the gun and knife.

In spite of the short commings it may have, most of us still prefer the rule of law.
He is suggesting the Taliban way! Fundamentalist don't differ by much!
 
That's a moronic argument. You are simply saying that the US does not have to respect the human rights and due process due to any human being because they are not a US Citizen. That the US Government can do anything it wants to anyone who is not a US Citizen with out due process of law.

Not only is that a stupid notion it is a dangerous one as it guarentees that no other nation would respect our rights or provide us with due process of law within their nation. If we can do it to them, they can do it to us.

What you are suggesting Dixie is not the rule of law but the rule of the gun and knife.

In spite of the short commings it may have, most of us still prefer the rule of law.

That's not what I said at all. Military tribunals operate with the same respect for human rights and due process as American courts. In some cases, military tribunals operate under a more stringent guideline than traditional US courts. Rule of law is very important, but American laws can't be enforced on foreign soil, therefore, we need another system to apply justice for those outside of our borders. This is why military tribunals were invented.
 
That's not what I said at all. Military tribunals operate with the same respect for human rights and due process as American courts. In some cases, military tribunals operate under a more stringent guideline than traditional US courts. Rule of law is very important, but American laws can't be enforced on foreign soil, therefore, we need another system to apply justice for those outside of our borders. This is why military tribunals were invented.
Dixie, by definition military tribunals do not respect human rights or due process as an American civil courts do. If they did, then why would you oppose trying them in an American civil court room?
 
American laws and rights apply to anyone on American soil, EVEN if they're illegal. You cannot circumvent this simply be stating that some random encounter is a "war" so you can try them however you like. For one thing, war was never declared. And you can't declare war against a concepts that will always be here like terrorism or drugs, only against other actual nations.
 
American laws and rights apply to anyone on American soil, EVEN if they're illegal. You cannot circumvent this simply be stating that some random encounter is a "war" so you can try them however you like. For one thing, war was never declared. And you can't declare war against a concepts that will always be here like terrorism or drugs, only against other actual nations.

you are on ignore watermark, dixie can't see what you say unless i quote you like i just did right here
 
QUOTE=Stupid Superstition;707696]Woah woah woah, am I reading this right? Did Dixie actually claim to be a veteran of Iraq?[/QUOTE]

Oh yeah I remember that
 
You're a post away from going on ignore yourself. Don't push it.

You asked me some idiotic question about How many lanes does MSR Mobile have? I don't know, and I don't care, and it has nothing to do with the thread topic. Now go the fuck away, troll.
Oh no. Please oh please dear lord, don't let Dixie *shudders* put me on his IGNORE LIST!

Listen fuck-o, I could give a shit less what list I'm on of yours. You've proven yourself a liar and a fraud. Anyone who did any sort of motherfucking work outside the wire in Iraq as been on MSR Mobile. It's the biggest highway in the region and the only way to reach pretty much anything.
 
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US Attorney General Eric Holder has decided to try the terrorist mastermind of 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in a US Federal Court. This decision, I believe, will expose the idiocy of liberals, when it comes to combating terror, or even dealing with terrorists we happen to capture. The first effect of this decision is already being realized, as army officials re-evaluate policy regarding captured detainees in the fields of battle. Now, they will have to consider the combatant will get full US jurisprudence according to the Constitution. This essentially means our military can't simply capture enemies on the fields of battle anymore, they must 'arrest' them, read their MIRANDA rights, and appoint an attorney if they can't afford one. Since you can't really exercise a proper arrest without a warrant, the military will have to compile enough evidence to have a prosecutor petition a judge for a warrant, then the army can capture an enemy combatant and process him for trial.

When Holder was asked a pertinent direct question about what happens if KSM is somehow acquitted, he said he refused to get into a hypothetical, and did not answer the question. When pressed further, he insisted KSM will not get off. I think if I am KSM's defense attorney, I want a copy of the tape where the US Attorney General admits my client will not have a fair trial and is already presumed guilty before the trial. Holder may have thought he was being clever to dodge a tough but legitimate question, however, he may have already tainted the possibility for a Federal Court to do anything other than declare a mistrial.

Here is the real problem, KSM was not "arrested" or held in custody by traditional means, so all of the usual law enforcement protocols which would normally apply to a civil arrest, simply aren't there. KSM was captured on a foreign field of battle, in a war, by our military. KSM was not read his Miranda rights, and his confession was not made in the presence of his attorney-- rather-- after being interrogated on a water board. So why Holder thinks the case is a slam dunk, I don't know. Seems like any half-decent defense attorney would have this case dismissed in about 20 mins., on those grounds alone. If not dismissed entirely, certainly the 'evidence' can't be used against him in the trial. Anyone who has watched Law & Order should know that.

I see the makings of a legal can of worms nightmare, and I don't think the liberals thought it through completely. This will undoubtedly be one of the most famous trials in American history, and World history for that matter... millions of people will be following every single minute detail. The courts will have to decide whether it should be televised... we'll have the network news crews creating special programs devoted to covering KSM's trial... each night the guest panel will pick over every tiny detail of the day... this will go on for months. All the while, KSM will use the opportunity to grandstand, make outrageous political statements, speak to his Jihadist following, spread radical Islamic propaganda... whatever the hell he pleases, because we have to allow him the same rights as an American citizen would have in a courtroom.

This is probably the most stupid thing I have ever seen any administration do in my lifetime. I'm 50 years old, so that is a long time... I've seen administrations do a lot of stupid shit. There is no 'upside' to this, as far as I can see. That is what puzzles me the most about why the administration chose this road. It seems they are just unable to see what a disaster this is going to end up being, and the consequences are going to fall squarely on them in the end.

Liberals used to be really good at trying to get me to "see things from the radical islamic perspective" ...I was told how I just didn't understand this was about their religious culture and societal struggle... jihad means struggle... Well... Try to see this from the Islamic perspective... KSM is a hero to them, he is a courageous religious leader who led the charge against the Great Satan... What are they going to think/say/do, when we execute him? Are we really ready for the ramifications of that, when he is put to death?


GodDAMN, you're a moron. Almost none of the detainees were captured by US soldiers. In fact , for the vast majority of Gitmo detainees, the first US soldiers they saw were the Gitmo guards. All but a handful of the detainees were turned over to the US military by Afghan warlords for the $5,000 bounty, and we accepted them, no questions asked. BTW, the chief business f the Afghan warlords is he cultivation and distribution of opium and heroin. The only reason they can't be referred to as a drug cartel is that they lack the organization and coordination of effort that characterizes the South American cartels, but they move a shitload of smack, nonetheless. Many of the original detainees were released when it became apparent that they were victims of the competing warlords, who were settling scores and removing thorns from their paws by framing the competition and tuning them over to the US as terrorists.

KSM is the exception. We know what he did, although he was not captured on the field of battle. He was arrested in Islamabad by Pakistani authorities in March, 2003. Do you have any fucking idea what you're talking about? The other detainees weren't taken in battle either. That's one of the main purposes of the legal system, you stupid fuck. It's not about being wimpy liberals. It's about making sure we have the right guys. Imprisoning the wrong guy isn't just uncivilized, it's counterproductive. When you lock the wrong guy up, you stop looking for the guy who really did it, so he walks, but you mouth breathers don't consider that do you? You're too busy cheering on the torture of prisoners to bother yourselves with making sure we have the guilty parties to begin with.

Next mistake: there will be no TV coverage of this trial, as cameras are banned in federal courtrooms, nor will there be a circus when KSM goes from the holding cell to the courtroom, because the jail is across the street from the federal courthouse, and the two buildings are joined by an enclosed bridge. The marshals will walk him to the courtroom, and nobody will be able to see him or hear him, nor will he be allowed to rant from the witness stand.

Oh, and B TW, the liberals didn't fuck up this prosecution. The liberals weren't the ones who tortured him by waterboarding him 187 times AFTER he had already confessed. None of his admissions of guilt came after the awaterboarding started, so none of the evidence against him was tainted by prosecutorial misconduct.

Holy Jumping Jesus Christ, have you got your head permanently buried in your ass, or what?
 
GodDAMN, you're a moron. Almost none of the detainees were captured by US soldiers. In fact , for the vast majority of Gitmo detainees, the first US soldiers they saw were the Gitmo guards. All but a handful of the detainees were turned over to the US military by Afghan warlords for the $5,000 bounty, and we accepted them, no questions asked. BTW, the chief business f the Afghan warlords is he cultivation and distribution of opium and heroin. The only reason they can't be referred to as a drug cartel is that they lack the organization and coordination of effort that characterizes the South American cartels, but they move a shitload of smack, nonetheless. Many of the original detainees were released when it became apparent that they were victims of the competing warlords, who were settling scores and removing thorns from their paws by framing the competition and tuning them over to the US as terrorists.

KSM is the exception. We know what he did, although he was not captured on the field of battle. He was arrested in Islamabad by Pakistani authorities in March, 2003. Do you have any fucking idea what you're talking about? The other detainees weren't taken in battle either. That's one of the main purposes of the legal system, you stupid fuck. It's not about being wimpy liberals. It's about making sure we have the right guys. Imprisoning the wrong guy isn't just uncivilized, it's counterproductive. When you lock the wrong guy up, you stop looking for the guy who really did it, so he walks, but you mouth breathers don't consider that do you? You're too busy cheering on the torture of prisoners to bother yourselves with making sure we have the guilty parties to begin with.

Next mistake: there will be no TV coverage of this trial, as cameras are banned in federal courtrooms, nor will there be a circus when KSM goes from the holding cell to the courtroom, because the jail is across the street from the federal courthouse, and the two buildings are joined by an enclosed bridge. The marshals will walk him to the courtroom, and nobody will be able to see him or hear him, nor will he be allowed to rant from the witness stand.

Oh, and B TW, the liberals didn't fuck up this prosecution. The liberals weren't the ones who tortured him by waterboarding him 187 times AFTER he had already confessed. None of his admissions of guilt came after the awaterboarding started, so none of the evidence against him was tainted by prosecutorial misconduct.

Holy Jumping Jesus Christ, have you got your head permanently buried in your ass, or what?



Awesomely done, Zoom. Damn, I'm totally impressed!
 
Oh no. Please oh please dear lord, don't let Dixie *shudders* put me on his IGNORE LIST!

Listen fuck-o, I could give a shit less what list I'm on of yours. You've proven yourself a liar and a fraud. Anyone who did any sort of motherfucking work outside the wire in Iraq as been on MSR Mobile. It's the biggest highway in the region and the only way to reach pretty much anything.

Hmm... Never heard of MSR Mobile, I Googled it, and it appears to be a stage company, and maybe a road in Quebec. I was located off Hwy 11, just west of Baghdad. I can't tell you the names of the roads I traveled on, as I was always driven there by US Army personnel. Maybe one of the Canadians nicknamed Hwy 11 or something? In any event, I don't have to prove anything to you, I don't care if you don't believe me.

Since you are Waterhead's Gay Lover, I am tempted to put you on ignore just on general principle, but I will hold off on that for a bit and give you a chance. I feel sorry for someone who has to get fucked in the ass by Waterhead, you've suffered enough.
 
GodDAMN, you're a moron. Almost none of the detainees were captured by US soldiers. (Almost ALL were.) In fact , for the vast majority of Gitmo detainees, the first US soldiers they saw were the Gitmo guards. (LIE!) All but a handful of the detainees were turned over to the US military by Afghan warlords for the $5,000 bounty, and we accepted them, no questions asked. (NONE were.) BTW, the chief business f the Afghan warlords is he cultivation and distribution of opium and heroin. (LIE!) The only reason they can't be referred to as a drug cartel is that they lack the organization and coordination of effort that characterizes the South American cartels, but they move a shitload of smack, nonetheless. Many of the original detainees were released when it became apparent that they were victims of the competing warlords, who were settling scores and removing thorns from their paws by framing the competition and tuning them over to the US as terrorists. (WHICH MEANS THEY ARE NOT AT GITMO!)

KSM is the exception. We know what he did, although he was not captured on the field of battle. He was arrested in Islamabad by Pakistani authorities in March, 2003. Do you have any fucking idea what you're talking about? (YES!) The other detainees weren't taken in battle either. (Yes they were.) That's one of the main purposes of the legal system, you stupid fuck. (No, it's not!) It's not about being wimpy liberals. (Yes, it is!) It's about making sure we have the right guys. Imprisoning the wrong guy isn't just uncivilized, it's counterproductive. (You just said the innocent were released.) When you lock the wrong guy up, you stop looking for the guy who really did it, so he walks, but you mouth breathers don't consider that do you? (Nope!) You're too busy cheering on the torture of prisoners to bother yourselves with making sure we have the guilty parties to begin with. (We have guilty parties, the innocent were released, you said so yourself.)

Next mistake: there will be no TV coverage of this trial, as cameras are banned in federal courtrooms, nor will there be a circus when KSM goes from the holding cell to the courtroom, because the jail is across the street from the federal courthouse, and the two buildings are joined by an enclosed bridge. The marshals will walk him to the courtroom, and nobody will be able to see him or hear him, nor will he be allowed to rant from the witness stand. (He should be tried by military tribunal, in accordance with the US Code of Military Justice.)

Oh, and B TW, the liberals didn't fuck up this prosecution. (Yes, they did.) The liberals weren't the ones who tortured him by waterboarding him 187 times AFTER he had already confessed. (Wasn't torture.) None of his admissions of guilt came after the awaterboarding started, so none of the evidence against him was tainted by prosecutorial misconduct. (Remains to be seen.)

Holy Jumping Jesus Christ, have you got your head permanently buried in your ass, or what? (or what!)

Wow... shot full of holes! Too bad, so sad!
 
Dixie, by definition military tribunals do not respect human rights or due process as an American civil courts do. If they did, then why would you oppose trying them in an American civil court room?

Huh? "By definition?" What the fuck are you saying? Where is it "defined" that military tribunals are not subject to respecting human rights or due process? You're out of your goddamn mind, if you believe that. The military tribunal operates under the exact same rules and codes of justice as an American court.

The major differences between the systems are the federal judiciary's independence, rooted in the Constitution and lifetime appointments of judges, and the relaxed rules for admitting evidence in military tribunals.

Federal courts bar evidence obtained by coercion. And the new law regarding military commissions that President Barack Obama signed last month forbids evidence derived from torture and other harsh interrogation techniques. But the commissions still have rules that allow greater use of hearsay testimony and, in some instances, could permit the introduction of coerced testimony.

Military judges ultimately will decide what evidence can be admitted, but the new law allows statements made by defendants to be used even if they are not given voluntarily in certain circumstances, including in combat situations. Written witness statements, rather than live testimony that is subject to cross-examination, also can be admitted by military judges.

This last part is important here, because many of the cases against the detainees is based on testimony and statements from witnesses, who can't be flown to NY and put on the stand to testify. It's also important to note, these detainees have never set foot on American soil. They are not US citizens, and were captured thousands of miles away on foreign fields of battle. This is precisely why we established military tribunals, and they should be used in these instances. The ONLY reason they are not being used, is because liberal pinhead nitwits want to be jerks and do the opposite of what Bush suggested. THAT IS IT in a nutshell... you don't give a fuck about the safety and security aspects, you don't give a fuck if they are released or have their cases thrown out... you just wanted to do something opposite of what Bush wanted, because that gives you a sense of accomplishment.
 
Wow... shot full of holes! Too bad, so sad!

Yes, I know. I did shoot your lame argument full of holes, and that's too bad. What is sad is your deranged belief by simply inserting the word "LIE" into my post, you magically disprove it. So sorry, but the facts back my position. If the majority of the detainees were indeed captured on the battlefield, why did the Bush administration release most of them without trial or military tribunal? Capture on the battlefield never has required Miranda rights, and in fact, according to the Geneva Convention III, Protocol I, non-uniformed irregulars are considered legal combatants if they meet a few basic criteria, one of which is capture on the battlefield, in which case, they may not be tried for murder, and reading them Miranda rights is not only not applicable, but illegal. So you can't have it both ways. if they were captured on the battlefield of an international conflict, carrying arms openly, and fighting as a unit under a unit commander, they satisfy the criteria for legal combatants, must be treated as prisoners of war, and CANNOT be put on trial, CANNOT be tortured, harassed, humiliated, or kept in inhumane conditions. If they were captured on the battlefield, they are POWs. If they are turned over to authorities as terrorists, they are alleged criminals, and until they are shown to be guilty of criminal behavior beyond a reasonable doubt, must be accorded the rights of the accused. Either way, the Bushies broke the law, either mistreating POWs or violating the rights of the accused. What's sad is that you knew none of this and thought you could fight facts by merely insering "LIE" into the text of my post.

NONE of the detainees were handed over by the warlords for the bounty? 85% of the detainees were handed over to US authorities, NOT captured on the battlefield. As for the bounties, the following link is to a report by Seton Hall Unicversity Law School professor Mark Denbeaux: law.shu.edu/publications/.../guantanamo_report_final_2_08_06.pdf

KSM should be tried by a tribunal under the UCMJ? Based on what criteria? He meets exactly none of the Geneva Convention's criteria for protection as a POW, and is therefore to be treated as a mass murderer. There is no legal justification for trying KSM as a soldier, and a very conservative SCOTUS has ruled twice that accused terrorists must be tried in civilian courts.

It must really suck being you.
 
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