On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Gruss wrote: > > > And finally, let's full loop back to International Military Tribunal > for the Far East. General Seishirô Itagaki, the war minister, was > hanged. Just a wee bit o' precedent there. >
You don't seem to understand precedent. The Japanese soldiers were enemies. In an actual trial, good lawyers would say that courts may only consider the cases of other US personnel who were charged with committing similar crimes while carrying out their duties. That leaves the Spanish-American War case and the Vietnam case, but not the WWII case. Precedent clearly shows that US personnel are treated on a different legal basis than enemies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296038 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
