The Next Show Trial Hanging
The Guardian UK, August 22, 2007, has a fluff piece, "'Chemical Ali' on trial for brutal crushing of Shia uprising".
Waste your time reading the Pentagon Press Release if you like--or, you can send a letter to the editor that will never see the light of day, like the one I sent:
Dear Editor:
To say that "Chemical Ali" is "on trial" indicates a serious disconnect between your publication and reality.
A "trial", at least in the Western sense, suggests that the accused is allowed to defend against the charges to the best of his or her ability, introducing evidence that would provide a defense or raising questions as to the legitimacy of the charges.
That Ali Hassan al-Majid is going to be hung by the neck until he is dead is a foregone conclusion. To pretend otherwise is to to cheerlead the U.$ equivalent of the Soviet Show Trials that some of us ridiculed in our youth.
Perhaps the name of your publication should be changed to, "Guardian Of The Fourth Reich".
Terry L. Clark
Waste your time reading the Pentagon Press Release if you like--or, you can send a letter to the editor that will never see the light of day, like the one I sent:
Dear Editor:
To say that "Chemical Ali" is "on trial" indicates a serious disconnect between your publication and reality.
A "trial", at least in the Western sense, suggests that the accused is allowed to defend against the charges to the best of his or her ability, introducing evidence that would provide a defense or raising questions as to the legitimacy of the charges.
That Ali Hassan al-Majid is going to be hung by the neck until he is dead is a foregone conclusion. To pretend otherwise is to to cheerlead the U.$ equivalent of the Soviet Show Trials that some of us ridiculed in our youth.
Perhaps the name of your publication should be changed to, "Guardian Of The Fourth Reich".
Terry L. Clark
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