> Nick wrote: > OK, i don't see how any of those in any way apply. >
So here's the deal. Presuming the US is in Iraq as a guest of Iraq, then most if not all of those attacking US forces would fall under the jurisdiction of Iraqi law. If the person in question is not Iraqi, then they'd need to be charged in one of 4 ways: 1.) By their country of origin. 2.) By Iraq. 3.) By an international court set up for such a purpose. 4.) By a US military court. Typically international treaties dictate how things are handled. For example, if I'm smoking doobies in France, France can release me to US custody where I could also be charged. Note that not one of those options is: a.) Throw them in jail forever with no recourse. b.) Torture them. As a society, we have to decide if it's best for us to live under a legal structure (both domestic and foreign) that respects the rights of the citizen over the desires of the government. Mr Bush is asserting the rights of government over the rights of citizens. He's telling the rest of the World that our Constitution is not a universal template for national governance, but merely a document that's more a rule of thumb; to be cast aside when it's no longer convenient. Further he's telling us that, as citizens, we should trust him with the sole discretion to decide a person's imprisonment and judgement. And that he can do anything to someone as long as it doesn't directly cause organ failure or death. For those of us that value freedom, these are not things we want our government aspiring to. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217764 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
