[Vision2020] Spanish Court Considering Arrest Warrants for

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Donovan,

Can you cite a legal defense for your proposition, " I didn't suggest that. I said the US can break international law if it needs to in order to protect its own interests."

Or is it simply 'Might makes right,' as Dave suggests?

Sunil

> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:54:09 -0700
> From: tiedye at turbonet.com
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Spanish Court Considering Arrest Warrants for
> 
> Of course we CAN, we are the big bad ass empire, we can get away with
> anything (and often do), the question is SHOULD we.  And what can we do
> to establish an actual rule of law?
> 
> Donovan, what good is a "law" if no one follows it?  If I felt it were necessary to bulldoze your house to "protect" my interests, what would stop me?
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> 
> Donovan Arnold wrote:
> > "Are you suggesting that we are justified in torturing prisoners, burning
> > down villages, and attacking non-combatants simply because these inhumane
> > actions serve our purposes?"-Tom Hansen
> >  
> > I didn't suggest that. I said the US can break international law if it
> > needs to in order to protect its own interests.
> >  
> > Best Regards,
> >  
> > Donovan
> >
> >
> > --- On *Mon, 3/30/09, Tom Hansen /<thansen at moscow.com>/* wrote:
> >
> >
> >     From: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
> >     Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Spanish Court Considering Arrest
> >     Warrants for
> >     To: "vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>, "Sunil Ramalingam"
> >     <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>
> >     Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 10:04 AM
> >
> >     Arnold stated:
> >
> >     "Not true, the US can violate international law in order to
> >     protect its
> >     own interests."
> >
> >     This comment extends WAY BEYOND the pale.
> >
> >     International law such as those prescribed by the Geneva Accords
> >     of 1949?
> >
> >     Are you suggesting that we are justified in torturing prisoners,
> >     burning
> >     down villages, and attacking non-combatants simply because these
> >     inhumane
> >     actions serve our purposes?
> >
> >     The ends does NOT justify the means!!!
> >
> >     If so, I suggest we change our nattional motto "E Plurubus Unum"
> >     to "Do as
> >     I say, not as I do."
> >
> >     Tom Hansen
> >     Moscow, Idaho
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