Re: FC: President Bush says military tribunals will try civilian cases
You don't feel outraged if it applies ONLY to non-americans? How would you people feel if we took the same liberty to try and execute suspected American terrorists and hold secret tribunals for them? It is just a question of perspective - one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist, like the Taleban have learned. The victor writes the history - and can re-write it again, like the Americans have proved to the Taleban. Why can't countries respect each other's citizens' rights? Or more specifically, why is it that America has such a big problem understanding that perhaps the non-Americans consider themselves worthy of the same basic human rights? Is that arrogant of (us) non-Americans? It is *this* very attitude which is birthing the "hate" towards the US, that very "hate" which americans find so hard to understand, and account it to envy and jealousy. If you can't afford to give other people/nations the respect they deserve, you shouldn't expect to get any in return. ---
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