On Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:42:25 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > I don't think it would be constitutional to hold a trial in the US > under the supervision of some other country or international > organization. If BL wants to turn himself in to the authorities > in NL and face trial there that would be just fine with me and most > other Americans. I'm sure that if he were convicted there for the > crimes he is accused of he would be locked away for the rest of his > life. Many would prefer to see him get executed if convicted, but > most people who are for the death penalty would go along with the > idea of allowing him to surrender to a country which has no death > penalty rather than to see people getting killed in an effort to > capture him and bring him to the US to stand trial. What is of > paramount importance is that BL be neutralized so that he can no > longer direct terrorist activivities ever again.
In my opinion it is not just a matter of Bin Laden, but of his entire orgainization and of everyone who helps and assists in any way. This is not so much a matter of "justice" but of rational self-defense. The entire apparatus of terror must be neutralized. This is not primarily a matter of law and the various national and international court systems, but of direct and sustained action by the United States and its allies. It's also important that this action be supported by the broadest base possible of the international community of nations. Of necessity this action will be millitary. We can and must protect ourselves and secure the safety of our cities and people. It not a matter of bringing Bin Laden to justice, it is more fundamental and important than that. The continuing threat must be combatted. Sam Ewalt Croswell, Michigan, USA -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
