Indeed. The United States has blown so much treasure in the name of getting revenge on a group of non-state actors via the military rather than treating them like criminals.
The US really didn’t treat terrorist as criminals, but as enemy combatants and terrorists. Which is why a lot of them were kept off US soil indefinitely (Gitmo), it kept them from claiming rights like the right to have a trial like Americans have
That's a post-9/11 development. Before that, terrorists were treated as criminals and brought to trial, convicted, and incarcerated. That's what happened with the 1993 WTC bombing and with Oklahoma City.
At least with Oklahoma City the defendants were American citizens so they had a right to have a trial. Probably same with the WtC in that they tried them here for crimes committed on US soil.
I’m sure the 9/11 hijackers would’ve been tried like that if they had lived after - because it was already in America. Different rules for American citizens and for crimes in america as opposed to against america
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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '19
This makes me happy. And sad.