Justice and history rarely meet

As someone who enjoys reading about world history, I am as perplexed as Somsak Pola over why leaders who ordered mass murders, such as Germany’s Adolf Hitler (who was responsible for the murder of 6 million Jews during World War II), and Italy’s Benito Mussolini (who had at least 5,000 Jews killed during the same war), were never tried for murder – at least posthumously, after their deaths.

Just as perplexing is why living leaders who are accused of mass murder don’t sue over the allegation. Are they more fearful of being exposed in a court than in public?

Vint Chavala