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Explain, for instance, where you would have the captured leaders of ISIS tried? In a US court? Where then when they are found guilty? Into a US prison? Returned
by UberFly 4y ago
Explain, for instance, where you would have the captured leaders of ISIS tried? In a US court? Where then when they are found guilty? Into a US prison? Returned to their country of origin? There is a reason that after all the talk that Obama did about closing Guantanamo, he didn't even try.
- arcticbull 4y agoA bunch of them are literally on trial at Gitmo right now. [1] It shows quite a lack of can-do attitude to think that in the last 20 years we couldn't have come up with something. We did come up with Nuremberg after all. If only there was an international criminal court set up specifically for "trying individuals for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and aggression" [2] in which folks could seek justice. Nah, that'd never work, which is why the US is helpfully not a signatory. Even though, and this is true, the US played a central role in its creation. The issue isn't lack of venue clearly it's lack of due process. [1] https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/08/19/the-interminable-trials-at-guantanamo-bay-are-about-to-resume https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/08/19/the-inter... [2] https://www.icc-cpi.int/ https://www.icc-cpi.int/