Questions of the week
September 11th, 2009 | Posted by in Politics | Politics - Middle East | Politics - USSometimes I wonder what they’d do with Bin Laden, if they ever found him. Would it be a big trial then a quiet but lengthly jail sentence? Or would Obama strip down to his shorts and administer a good thrashing, Putin-style, on a scaffold at the centre of Pennsylvania Avenue?
Would the American public and press be prepared to accept the quiet dignity of civilised justice? And would the President of the day be able to resist the popularity bump that would be associated with an overwhelming and barbaric display of public catharsis?
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Its america anything can happen. may be even new reality show.
but seriously i do hope for proper trial. like we(indian) had for gandhi (and indira, rajiv gandhi) murders.
Yes, the “West” can be very hypocritical when it comes to questions of justice, as the al-Megrahi business has demonstrated. Fair trials and good governance are demanded but so many of the violations of these principles come from our own governments.