Jaque, I am in total agreement with Dr Kern. Thanks for the posting.

Re: the Nuremburg Trials. It strikes me that there are major differences. We were dealing with a defeated enemy and had the luxury of conducting a long trial with due process. The atrocities of the convicted were abhorred throughout the World, and even by their own people. There was no fanatical core of followers seeking revenge in the event of conviction.

I realize that we don't wish to become like "them". In Vietnam, we attempted to counter Viet Cong tactics, like the execution of entire villages because they had sheltered RVN Troops, by using the positive tactic of "winning the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese People". This proved ineffectual in the long run. But we must prepare to fight a long bitter campaign in this instance, a campaign in which the enemy feels justified in killing unarmed civilians, while we feel compelled to put the perpetrators on trial with all due process. Do we have the patience and will to fight such a war?