Did you see McCain's thoughts on this matter? It's hard to dismiss his opinion, considering he was TORTURED HIMSELF.
He's against any law that sanctions torture....and I agree with him. He also believes, that in certain extreme cases, it may be necessary for a president to expressly break that law in order to save lives. He thinks that this case is so rare, and so extreme, that it should require a president to break a law in order to do it. Putting in a loophole that makes torture legal makes taking this step way too easy...and it shouldn't be. I agree with him. On 10/17/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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:217773 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
