FC: President Bush says military tribunals will try civilian cases

[Jei]

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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