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Donovan,<br><br>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."<br><br>Or is it simply 'Might makes right,' as Dave suggests?<br><br>Sunil<br><br>> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:54:09 -0700<br>> From: tiedye@turbonet.com<br>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Spanish Court Considering Arrest Warrants for<br>> <br>> Of course we CAN, we are the big bad ass empire, we can get away with<br>> anything (and often do), the question is SHOULD we. And what can we do<br>> to establish an actual rule of law?<br>> <br>> 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?<br>> <br>> Dave<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Donovan Arnold wrote:<br>> > "Are you suggesting that we are justified in torturing prisoners, burning<br>> > down villages, and attacking non-combatants simply because these inhumane<br>> > actions serve our purposes?"-Tom Hansen<br>> > <br>> > I didn't suggest that. I said the US can break international law if it<br>> > needs to in order to protect its own interests.<br>> > <br>> > Best Regards,<br>> > <br>> > Donovan<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > --- On *Mon, 3/30/09, Tom Hansen /<thansen@moscow.com>/* wrote:<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > From: Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><br>> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Spanish Court Considering Arrest<br>> > Warrants for<br>> > To: "vision 2020" <vision2020@moscow.com>, "Sunil Ramalingam"<br>> > <sunilramalingam@hotmail.com><br>> > Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 10:04 AM<br>> ><br>> > Arnold stated:<br>> ><br>> > "Not true, the US can violate international law in order to<br>> > protect its<br>> > own interests."<br>> ><br>> > This comment extends WAY BEYOND the pale.<br>> ><br>> > International law such as those prescribed by the Geneva Accords<br>> > of 1949?<br>> ><br>> > Are you suggesting that we are justified in torturing prisoners,<br>> > burning<br>> > down villages, and attacking non-combatants simply because these<br>> > inhumane<br>> > actions serve our purposes?<br>> ><br>> > The ends does NOT justify the means!!!<br>> ><br>> > If so, I suggest we change our nattional motto "E Plurubus Unum"<br>> > to "Do as<br>> > I say, not as I do."<br>> ><br>> > Tom Hansen<br>> > Moscow, Idaho<br>> ><br>> > Join us at The First Annual Intolerista Wingding, April 17th,<br>> > featuring<br>> > Roy Zimmerman and Jeanne McHale. For details go to . . .<br>> ><br>> > http://www.MoscowCares.com/Wingding<br>> > <http://www.moscowcares.com/Wingding><br>> ><br>> > Seeya<br>> > there.<br>> ><br>> > ---------------------------------------------<br>> > This message was sent by First Step Internet.<br>> > http://www.fsr.com/<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > =======================================================<br>> > List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> > http://www.fsr.net <http://www.fsr.net/> <br>> > <br>> > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > <http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Vision2020@moscow.com><br>> > =======================================================<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> ><br>> > =======================================================<br>> > List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> > http://www.fsr.net <br>> > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > =======================================================<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Windows, OSX, or Linux is the same choice as:<br>> McDonalds, Burger King, or a (real) Co-Op.<br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br></body>
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