The precedent of victors being just and fair is important, to be sure. But Nuremberg set another more obvious legal precedent by establishing that "just following orders" is not a viable defense. By throwing out any similarly valuable legal precedents that could potentially be generated by the KSM trial, conservatives are just doing what they always do: Fighting against progress.

by OneHitKill on 11/19/2009 08:48:27 PM EST