On 12-01-10, BOB ACKLEY said to JEFF BINKLEY:



BA>> People - particularly government officials and their supporters -
BA>> can't seem to understand that US law is without force or effect
BA>> outside of the US.  That's why I have major problems with the
BA>> conduct of this government WRT Manuel Noriega and Saddam Hussein.
BA>> Neither of them was a sterling example of humanity, but neither of
BA>> them had ever set foot in this country, either.  The US government
BA>> conquered Panama and then dragged Noriega from his country to this
BA>> one in order to put him on 'trial.'  The same is true of all those
BA>> people at Guantanamo, the US government has no legitimate power to
BA>> enforce its laws outside of its borders - the fact that it can and
BA>> does is one reason the US is as unpopular as it is in parts of the
BA>> rest of the world.  Might does not necessarily make right.



JB> Agreed but there is enough within our jurisdiction to go after.



BA>That's certainly true.  BTW, IMO that army PFC shouldn't see the outside
BA>of a military prison for a very long time.



We are at war, on two fronts....Afghanistan, Iraq.


That makes what he did a little more serious than it would have been in peace
time.


If one single person dies as a result of what he did, he should get the death
penalty.


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