As military officials prepare for what will be a defining case, it’s worth again asking if this is the appropriate setting for such proceedings. A civilian court, many agreed, would be too insecure for the high profile case, and the legal parameters perhaps not equipped for the task. But is a military venue run by a specific government’s armed services the best option?As it so happens, yes, a military court is the best place to put a monster like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. If anything, it's because an international court, depending on what we consider one, cannot be expected to offer a reliable ruling or to give Mohammed the damnation to hell he's asking for. The UN definitely wouldn't, and the Hague, quite honestly, isn't much better. The American military court system would be the best place to try a terrorist.
That aside, why does Belonsky ambiguously allude to the US and its armed forces? Is he suggesting that the army doesn't know what it's doing?
It's very good that a wise decision was made and that KSM will be tried by US military courts, because that's where enemies of his standing deserve to be tried, and the sooner Mohammed is sent to the chair for the horror he caused, the better.
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