Doug, how were they going to defend themselves when the kangaroo military court Bush set up didn't even allow the person to know what the charges against them were, and didn't allow them in the court while they were being tried, and they were not allowed to have an attorney?

And trying to distinguish between criminal and terrorist is just an ignorant ploy to try and separate them and say "this is different".
Terrorism is a criminal offense. Criminal offenses are tried in real courts, with real lawyers, and real judges, and the accused has the right to call witnesses and refute the evidence being used against them. It's been working for centuries all over the world.

Trying people the way Bush has is EXACTLY one of the reasons Bush gave for the need to overthrow Saddam Hussein, so I guess if you defend Bush on this practise, you must be defending Saddam also, in which case; why were we there again?

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