Originally Posted by Jason Marcel

I just want to comment a little about former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark who served under LBJ. He flew in to Iraq to be part of the defense team recently and he's been treated like a traitor in much of the media. It just really bugs me that the media can't seem to wrap it's head around the fact that this man is courageous and brave. Let me explain: I think it absolutely necessary that justice be administered fairly and properly, and in the judicial system, anyone accused of a crime is owed good representation. Charles Manson is a pretty sick and twisted guy, but in a court of law, even he is owed a lawyer. Like I heard one talking head say on tv today, "If Saddam started fell ill in court and it took a doctor to come in quick and help him, no one would frown upon the doctor since that's their job".

For me it should work that way with lawyers too. Ramsey Clark is being treated like a senile old man who is coming to the defense of a close friend or something, when in reality he's just a man who wants to see the process through, especially since it such a fragile one as it is Iraq's first trial of this kind. Ramsey Clark isn't a traitor at all but a very brave American who is imparting wisdom and experience in a very sensitive case.