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Originally Posted by t walgamuth
Lincoln's situation was completely different. It was dealing with a civil uprising. The folks deported were southern sympathisers who could have rightly been charged with treason and hung.
I am wondering what you think is wrong with executing the German
commando's?
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And finally you have used all of the current administrations public pronouncements to defend their actions.
Tom W
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Excusing Lincoln's illegal activities because of his situation is no different from excusing Bush for his. It depends on how one perceives the threat that initiated the actions.
FDR's administration devised a method for trying the German commandos that did not involve the court system. This is equivalent to Bush's setting-up tribunals to try the GTMO detainees.
I don't understand your last sentence. What are you trying to say, exactly?
B