[master_of_muppets]

i'm not sure there's a winner in any direction in this situation.

if you go military tribunal, then it's just another log on the fire for the islam jihad - another reason to shoot a soldier. that fire is burning fairly bright still, so i think this might actually be the least dirty of all the possible methods.

if you go the decided route then it actually makes a mockery out of the US system because the suspects are now INNOCENT until they are proven guilty in a court of law. and to OSU's point, the trial will take place in NYC so even if there was a grain of possibility they were in fact innocent, it's all shit now because of the location of the trial. i seriously doubt that these men will have any kind of "peer" in the jury, either. so once again, moving forward makes the us brand of Justice look like a joke (again).

if you just killed these guy in the field, then maybe there's intel that is lost. never know. in talking with my pals who are soldiers who have done a few tours in iraq and afghanistan, they'd like to see the cuffs come off and kill more of these guys than detain them.

the only thing i know is this: we do not have a war-time president. even though i'm as anti-war as anyone out there, i'd rather have someone in charge of this situation whose motives i trusted.