At least in the Terror spawned by the French Revolution, the accused came before a sort of mob called the Paris Revolutionary Tribunal, which is more that can be said for the drone strike victims. In Paris, the accused could not hire a defense lawyer or call witnesses and the only sentence that could be passed was death. This same despicable standard is being applied in today's drone attacks with the approval of President Obama, who has turned back the clock of international jurisprudence by 200 years. Why does he not qualify to be called the American Robespierre? #
(Sherwood Ross is a Miami-based writer who formerly worked for the Chicago Daily News and wire services)
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