28 Aug, 2011
Robert Fisk: Prosecuting war crimes? Be sure to read the small print – The Independent
It’s good to see bad guys behind bars.
Especially if they’re convicted. Justice is better than revenge. And justice must be done for the relatives of the victims as well as for the dead. Part two of the Mubarak trial this month was a case in point. Egyptians want to know exactly who ordered the killing of innocent demonstrators. Who was to blame? And since the buck stops – or is meant to stop – at the president’s desk, how can Mubarak ultimately escape his just deserts? The same will apply to Gaddafi when – if? – we get him.
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