Nuremberg and Today

Over at Powerline is a blog post incorporating comments from William Shawcross, who has written a book on the Nuremberg Trials following World War II.  The book is Justice and the Enemy: Nuremberg, 9/11, and the Trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.  Mr Shawcross' Father was one of the prosecutors at the Nuremberg Trials.

The interesting comment in the post is this quote from Mr Shawcross:

Indeed, were a Nazi transported by time machine from Nuremberg to Guantanamo he would be astonished by the privileges and safeguards which were suddenly available to him.

While judging the Nuremburg Trials a success for the victorious allies in terms of putting down the idea of "Victor's Justice", Mr Shawcross thinks we don't appreciate that we have come quite a ways to where we are today with our military tribunals for trying people who are held at Guantanamo.

Hat tip to the Instapundit.

Regards  —  Cliff