US Compares 9/11 Trials to Nuremberg

[CGowen]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3179561

The Bush administration has instructed U.S. diplomats abroad to defend its decision to seek the death penalty for six Guantanamo Bay detainees accused in the Sept. 11 terror attacks by recalling the executions of Nazi war criminals after World War II.

A four-page cable sent to U.S. embassies and obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press says that execution as punishment for extreme violations of the laws of war is internationally accepted and points to the 1945-46 International Military Tribunals as an example. Twelve of Adolf Hitler's senior aides were sentenced to death at the trials in Nuremberg, Germany, although not all were executed in the end.

The unclassified cable was sent by the State Department to all U.S. diplomatic missions worldwide late on Monday.

In it, the department advises American diplomats to refer to Nuremberg if asked by foreign governments or media about the legality of capital punishment in the 9/11 cases.

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[Mr_Jefferson_24]

1. Except this time the Nazis are in charge. nt.

[CJCRANE]

2. Is Karl Rove reading DU..?

:shrug:

I suggested yesterday morning on DU that Nuremberg type trials would be better (i.e. held under international law and on the record). Now the Rovebots have taken that idea and twisted it round.

[CGowen]

3. I missed it, but this won't work...n/t

[CJCRANE]

4. I agree.

The Rovian strategy is counter-intuitive. Usually it is to attack their opponent's strength or take their own weakness and promote it as a strength (as in this case). But their Jedi mind trick doesn't work any more - they are just drawing attention to what a REAL trial should look like.

edit: added "own"