Well said, smooth.
In my opinion, there are basically a few options open to a real democratic justice system:
1) try them under the Geneva convention as pow's
2) try them under criminal law as civilians (not possible, since the war in afghanistan was clearly outside the jurisdiction)
3) Establish a UN or other international tribunal to try these people with international oversight and scrutiny.
None of these are proposed, because, in my opinion, the current "administration" is worried that it will fumble another scape goat.
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