Samson
Póg Mo Thóin
torture is against the supreme law of the land. If that is something that bothers the right, they should attempt to abrogate our signing of the UN Treaty regarding torture and inhumane treatment. Until we DO abrogate it, it is international law and it is OUR law and we ought to follow it or abandon this pretense of being a country of laws.
I'm glad to see ya ol' sailor.
The US Government's Torturing US Citizens is against our fundamental law.
Torturing POW's is against international law
But there's no LAW against torturing Non US Citizens, and non-POW's
You may recall William Richard "Rich" Higgins (January 15, 1945 July 6, 1990) was a United States Marine Corps colonel who was captured in 1988 while serving on a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. He was held hostage, tortured and eventually murdered by his captors. His official status with the United States government was "hostage", not prisoner of war. As such, the government did not insist on treatment consistent with international law.
If the US doesn't insist that their own Colonel's are POW's deserving of treatment consistant with international law, why should the US insist that terrorist "hostages" like KLM deserve treatment consistant with international law?