Former Nazi War Criminal Remains Free

This commentary discusses how the United States unsuccessfully tries to find other countries to deport several Nazi criminals to. One example is former Nazi concentration camp guard, John Demjanjuk. He is 88 years old and still in the United States, because he can't be exiled until another country agrees to accept him. Blogger Meteor Blades discusses Demjanjuk's long trail of becoming a United States citizen, his citizenship being revoked, being exiled to Israel and sentenced to death, his sentence being overturned, and coming back to the United States. Meteor Blades views that in 1982 Pat Buchanan had an antisemitic attitude towards Nazi war criminal:
"Demjanjuk is one of the Nazis the anti-Semite Pat Buchanan chose to defend in the 1980s. For instance, in a 1982 interview with Allan Ryan Jr., then head of the Justice Department's Office of Special Investigation, Buchanan said: "You've got a great atrocity that occurred 35-45 years ago, okay? Why continue to invest...put millions of dollars into investigating that. I mean, why keep a special office to investigate Nazi war crimes. ...why not abolish your office?"

Buchanan makes his point harshly but isn't necessarily antisemitic. He is saying that a horrible event that happened 45 years ago shouldn't be spent millions of dollars investigating on now. He might also be saying it isn't the United States' problem. But I definitely disagree with him. This scenario could happen in the near future, where war criminals from other countries are in the United States for years peacefully awaiting a sentence that might never come. The special office is crucial because it can teach us how to more efficiently obtain justice.

But one must wonder why are these Nazi war criminals stuck here in the United States. Their crimes were committed in Europe, and there are at least five in the United States " staying free and running out the clock." Is the US the only country seeking justice for these criminals, when their crimes weren't committed on our soil? It does show the responsibility that the US should be taking, but along with other countries. We do have huge problems of our own that have happened recently that need to be dealt with. So it is a bit questionable to be spending time on half century old crimes.
Seeking justice is the foundation our country was built on. Those that contributed to the atrocity of the Holocaust should not walk free. It is so frustrating knowing there are those that do, but no system is perfect. Our system of the Bill of Rights provides for individual freedom which can not be forgone under reasonable doubt. Courts simply don't have enough evidence to try these criminals justly. Which makes one hope for a higher power that will seek justice absolutely.