Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and five other terrorists would be tried in a civilian court

[The Antagonist]

if they were arrested by the military they deserve a military tribunal as war criminals .

Agreed !...I don't know enough about this to make an argument as to why it's not being done that way...Do you know why ?

To appease the far left is my theory on this.

It's been noted publicly that this guy openly and proudly admitted to the crimes he's being charged with BEFORE they water boarded him. They "tortured" him to get more information on who / what / where and all that.

I'm on the fence as to deciding if water-boarding is actually torture too. It's not nice but it does not leave lasting scars the likes that John McCain has suffered or any other POW in an enemy camp. To me torture has more meat to it than water boarding. I've seen it demonstrated on the TV when a news anchor had it done to him. He said it was awful but he also said that getting hit with a tazer was worse. But, that's one man's opinion.
Every one of our special forces soldiers is trained and "tortured" to help withstand the possibilities of what will happen should they get captured and I've yet to hear any of them not being able to do their jobs because of the lasting impression it's given them. I am sure some couldn't handle it. I'm am sure some are in treatment for it but I've not heard of the complaints openly to date.

This guy was captured on foreign soil by US soldiers. Military tribunal is how it should be.

I've seen the conditions at Guantanamo Bay and they have it way better than any prison on US soil. They're catered to and given any and all accommodations while they spit on our soldiers, throw piss and shit at them and try to break their arms when feeding them their specially prepared meals according to their religious beliefs. Our soldiers even go so far as to wear rubber gloves when handing them their Koran because they are considered "infidels" who denigrate the book by simply touching it.

If he were caught and captured on US soil, it would be a different matter. The president hit a brick wall on the closing of Guantanamo Bay and he's stuck. He's making decisions on the fly so it looks like he's actually doing something but in reality, he leaped before he took in the whole situation and made a rational decision. He wanted to hold up his campaign promise but now that turned into a giant clusterfuck for him.