Dennis Kucinich: “I would say that the basic premise of military commissions, that the U.S. military should try unlawful enemy combatants…”

“I would say that the basic premise of military commissions, that the U.S. military should try unlawful enemy combatants using draconian rules, that basic premise is false. The jury of commissioned military officers are not peers of these detainees. The detainees are accused of crimes against humanity and should be tried like all other such persons. The U.S. should hand over these detainees to the International Criminal Court. The U.S. should offer evidence that would be legal under our Constitution and the Geneva Conventions. This model of justice would set a precedent for other nations where the rule of law remains unfair, unjust, and inhumane. The wrong approach is to create a court system that has more in common with the nations that torture, jail and hold indefinitely anyone without legitimate evidence. H.R. 6166 and S. 3930 cast a wide net in defining unlawful enemy combatants that would include any American supporter of a national liberation movement which is seeking to overthrow a U.S. Government-supported despot.”