Truly, the search and detention of the captain, and the flouting of international laws was bad, but for me not the worst part.
The confiscation of the reporters media (pads, film and video) disturbs me more. What are they so worried about that they don't want the world to see? I would like the US to have retained some actual diplomatic influence in the world, rather than throwing it all away on the ill-fated invasion or Iraq. But that horse is out of the barn. I don't know what I want. Maybe some back-room maneuvering to get the situation taken care of? Maybe some strong public statement of disappointment? You know, the things a country does when it's rights are violated. On 10/17/07, Jochem van Dieten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ** Private ** wrote: > > I am way less concerned about Iran and Syria than I am about the > > complete lack of backbone and diplomacy shown by the current US > > government. > > http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/17/spain.ship/index.html > > So let me get this straight. Spain seizes a ship in its territorial waters > (if it was 4 miles out of Gibraltar, it is within the 12 mile zone of Spain) > on the suspicion that it traffics in contrabands. Which is a common practice > every country does and most certainly is something the US does everyday. (In > fact, most countries reserve the right to do that in their entire 200 mile > zone and it was the US itself that established the precedent that the patrol > zone could extend halfway across the Atlantic.) > > What exactly would you want the US to do? Would you consider it reasonable if > some ship was 8 mile out of Long Island and the US could not board and search > it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:244566 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
