Today was the first day of General Trotsky's trial. While the evidence is stacked against him, he chose to defend himself and has given many eloquent, impassioned speeches. It is obvious that he considers himself a patriot, loyal to the state in all ways. This has, of course, left both the tribunal and the People of the PRRP is a very difficult situation. Can we condemn a man so patriotic to die as a common traitor? This has brought up a new quandry in our justice system: what makes the traitor; the actions or the intent? Furthermore, can a man with only the state in his heart be convicted of crimes against it? Perhaps this trial will answer these questions. We ask for foreign input into the situation as well, particullarly by WP nations.
Unsettled,
Comrade Ivan Zhandov
Generalissimo of People's Republic of Revolutionary Power
and
Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Military Tribunal