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Home Front: WoT
Why these 9/11 monsters still haven't faced a trial
2018-09-11
Posted by:JohnQC

#11  ...If they're dead, they're martyrs. If they're convicted, they're an incentive to other terrs to do even worse things to make us free them.

'Awaiting trial'....they're nothing.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2018-09-11 17:10  

#10  Would have been all over had we gone full Mongol. Our 'friends' would hate us (as they do behind our back anyway), but no one would dare screw with us as so many have since. We wouldn't be stuck in Central Asia other than cleaning up green glass.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-09-11 16:39  

#9  Such things should be done discretely.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-09-11 15:37  

#8  So if it can't happen, then feed them to the sharks in GitMo bay.
Posted by: 3dc   2018-09-11 15:34  

#7  
"We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them. "
George W. Bush, September 11th 2001

"These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion. The Taliban must act, and act immediately. They will hand over the terrorists, or they will share in their fate."
George W. Bush, Statement To Joint Session Of Congress September 20th 2001

"In remarks endorsed by the US secretary of state, Colin Powell, Gen Musharraf said any post-Taliban government in Kabul should be "broad-based" and "multi-ethnic". It could include the "former king Zahir Shah, political leaders, moderate Taliban leaders, elements from the Northern Alliance, tribal leaders and Afghans living outside their country", he added. "
The Guardian, October 17th 2001

The Western political class has never been serious about 9/11 and this is one of the consequences of this political decision.

At present, a trial would endanger both Western appeasement of the Taliban and relations with the Saudis.

So it won't happen.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2018-09-11 14:34  

#6  should decide how to dispose of them
what's left.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-09-11 14:02  

#5  They belong in Guantanamo prison as spies, according to the Geneva Conventions, not on American soil getting tried as if they had the same rights as civilians, including a presumption of innocence, The only “trial” they deserve is an examination by military intelligence — and possibly the CIA — after which the prison governor or his designated officers should decide how to dispose of them.

So the fact that they’ve waited this long for their time in court doesn’t bother me in the least.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-09-11 10:50  

#4  The Lightbringer was a source of significant delay.
Posted by: Bobby   2018-09-11 09:41  

#3  Discovery:

In Law, “discovery” is the exchange of legal information and known facts of a case. Think of discovery as obtaining and disclosing the evidence and position of each side of a case so that all parties involved can decide what their best options are – move forward toward trial or negotiate an early settlement.

Parties in a case are required to participate in the discovery process, meaning they must hand over information and evidence about a claim so all participants can know what they are facing at trial.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-09-11 09:14  

#2  Lawyers and Political Correctness would be my guess as to why.
Posted by: airandee   2018-09-11 08:44  

#1  Never forget, never forgive.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-09-11 08:24  

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