First, what bothers me is that you base the whole concept of a speedy and fair trial on a singe case. Kar was given a speedy release (though I must confess I don't know the circumstances of his trial), but we know that many hundreds of others aren't (unless Amnesty International, the world's most repespected human rights organization, is lying).
Also, why do we pay such great attention to such relatively insignificant things? More than 100,000 Iraqis have died since the beginning of the war. After the loss of 3,000 in 9/11, the US became extremely angry, and for good reason. Would you not be extremely angry if another country invaded the US, overthrew our government and caused 1 in every 250 people to die (that would be about 1.1 million in the US)? Granted that ours is a democratic government (even if Bush is a brutal oppressor), and that the US probably can't be successfully invaded by any single nation or small coalition of nations, it's still important that we understand that Iraqis are suffering more now than they ever did under Sadaam Hussein's rule. Examples like this only show us that things aren't as bad as the worst-case scenario (where people don't get speedy trials), but they distract us from the fact that things are pretty damned shitty (pardon my language) over there. How the hell can anyone judge Iraqis who has never been in their shoes? I don't know, but Bush seems to have the answer.
When one American citizen is killed, the entire country goes into mourning, but 20-50 Iraqis get killed every single day by insurgent attacks. Just try, for a second, to imagine who rediculous the focus of this blog is, and wonder to yourself if any of this matters to an Iraqi mother who lost three children. Their suffering is unimaginable, but it's easier to imagine it if you try, and don't just ignore it.
