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Re: Kerry wants trial instead of tribunal for Bin Laden
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Originally posted by assilem
Kerry wants a trial for Osama Bin Laden instead of a military tribunal. I cannot for the life of me understand why. I don't even think Osama deserves a trial. Just kill the fucker. If someone could shed some light on Kerry's motives for this one please do so.
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because a trial is more "constitutional state" like?
to simply "kill the fucker" feels a bit like dictatorship to me.
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