To Mr WRE

You are implying that traitor Hicks is facing criminal charges in Australia, and that the only reason he has not been charged is because our entrepreneurial, ambulance chasing legal system is unable to get at him. Pray tell, exactly which charges is traitor Hicks facing? Did he have some outstanding traffic fines?

Hicks is an illegal combatant and irregular soldiers, even those who fight with the sanction of recognised governments, have no legal protection at all. Neither civilian nor miliary. There have been attempts by third world countries to give irregular, guerrilla forces the status of POW’s when captured, but civilised countries will not have a bar of it. Professional, regular soldiers will never agree that people who wear civilian clothes and who can use this cover to shoot uniformed soldiers in the back, are fellow soldiers worthy of equal status.

Your brother is half right when he claims that Australian troops did not sink to the level of the Japs during WW2. But the fact remains that Australian, and every other Allied military force threw out the rules book when dealing with the Japs. Australian soldiers routinely executed wounded and helpless Jap soldiers. If you have never been aware of this before, it is obviously because you have never bothered to read a single book on the war in the South Pacific.

It is interesting that you brought up the subject of the movie, Dirty Harry. I have reached an age where violent movies involving extreme violence, car cases, explosions and the glamourisation of criminal behaviour seem ridiculous and childish. To me, a great movie uses it’s storyline to investigate the boundaries of moral principles. Dirty Harry was an example of this. The storyline involved a police officer who was more concerned with protecting his community than observing moribund legal principles which seemed only concerned with protecting the rights of criminals. The success of the movie was a reflection of public disenchantment with a legal system which is no longer working to protect the community.

Kipp/sunisle: We are dicussing hicks the fully trained terrorist,a gutless person who did not wear a uniform. A coward who like his brutal ilk has or would kill without any warning at all. Unarmed men, women, children and babies even their own if they happened to be there.
What justice system do the terrorists use - kidnap attempted ransom and then beheading. NOTE no trial.
Or a cravenly gutless clown will join a group with a bomb strapped to his body again no trial.
Of course we have problems with justice but hicks and his bloody lunatic friends have taken themselves out of the system.
Hicks knew he was doing this when he repudiated his country and joined these neanderthal murdering inhuman thugs.
These horrible apologies for humans rely in part on the 'bleeding hearts' in democratic countries. numbat

Numbat, get a grip. Stop raving and provide us with some facts.If you can provide some evidence of Mr Hicks killing babies after gouging thier eyes out, suicide bombing expeditions that he went on(Please note they must have been unsuccesful, because the evil critter still lives),shooting soldiers in the back and the other miriad of atrocaties you accuse him of, i will join in your condemnation of him.
If you cant provide this evidence(that several posters have asked you for) please shut up lest i mistake you for an ignorant oaf.

hedgehog: Deary, deary me - Its me that's raving? Mistake me for an ignorant oaf - O!well another sleepless night as h/hog doesn't like me.
Where did I say that terrorist hicks killed babies, gouging out eyes [never mentioned this delightful moslem habit at all] suicide bombing err hedgehog the terrorist hicks is behind bars this has stopped him strapping a bomb on, or hadn't you noticed?
Shooting soldiers in the back was not on my list either nor the myriad of atrocities.
I did not say that terrorist hicks had -YET! - committed these brutal and barbaric atrocities [though he had completed his terrorist training] but his "ILK" those he trained with. Those of his newly adopted nation and people including religion
And I'm the one raving, I'm the one that has to get a grip on myself?
Fact 1. He trained as a terrorist with peace loving, kind, respectful, full of love terrorists
Fact 2. I have seen a photo of him cradling a grenade launcher, though it could have been an anti-rabbit g/launcher.
Fact 3. Insane bloodthirsty trained islamic terrorists strap bombs onto their pathetic mindless bodies and kill innocent unarmed, unprepared civilian men, women,children and babies. All for 70 virgins and 32 perpetally untouched 'pearls' or boys with bottoms like a peach.
Please petal if you see me as an ignorant oaf - so what!
Just go back to your backing and protecting trained terrorists. These same trained butchers would if ordered to kill you and your family. numbat

Your advocacy of my position is brilliant. Nice work Numbag.

Numbat,

You seem to have a thing about the photo of Hick's with the grenade launcher.

Muliple choice question to make it easier.

Where was the photo taken?

1. Afghanistan
2. Albania
3. Serbia

A little hint, he was a "good guy" then with forces backed by the US.

Have you seen the photos of AWB management with weapons in Iraq as they were paying their master $260 Million.

Maybe they should be in Cuba as well.