We Australians have just found out that one of two australians detained at guantanamo are FINALLYgoing to get a trial. America repatriates its own citizens and they get a nice civil trial on home soil. Our citizens on the other hand get a military trial. They are judged and defended by the same military that captured them, in a trial were the usual standard of proof is a little relaxed. David Hicks must be so happy.Well, atleast he can choose a lawyer who can act as an advisor to his defense, maybe thats something I guess!
But who am I to complain anyway. We know these people are guilty, we know David Hicks is guilty of something really bad, so why bother with the fiasco of a fair trial. It's like Rumsfeld said, these people are the worst of the worst...well...apart from the 80 odd who, after being detained for a year or two in cuba, have quietly been shipped back to afghanistan and probably never had anything to do with al-qaida and the taliban.Lucky them.