[S.T.D.]

Which would you prefer - executing bureaucrats who file paperwork that kills people, the folks who did the killing or the leaders who ordered it? Let's agree that executing leaders is at best a political compromise and is in no way practically related to the actual crimes and events. Our record seems at best spotty on this. Duvallier in Hati gets exiled, Castro shoots Batista's officials summarily, Milosevic dies in prison defending himself, the Rwandans have a soft policy that punishes few if any, the Iraqis are hanging a few, West African nations kick out each other's leaders then offer them sanctuary, Pinochet couldn't be held to trial, Stroessner was exiled to Brazil and so on and so on.