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Gogarty wrote:
> In article <1106507756.239151.204320@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
> mark_fox_@yahoo.com says...
> >
> >
> >HawkCW4 wrote:
> >> hadda hadda wrote:
> >> > "israel t" wrote in message
> >> > news:87oefh6jj2.fsf_-_@kafka.homenet...
> >> >
> >> >>" Rumsfeld cancels trip because of warcrimes fears
> >> >>
> >> >> Friday 21 January 2005
> >> >>
> >> >> US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld cancelled a planned visit
to
> >> >> Germany after a US human rights organisation asked German
> >authorities
> >> >> to prosecute him for war crimes, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)
has
> >> >> learned. "
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Not likely.
> >> >
> >> > Nobody but US can prosecute US citizen regardless what and where
> >alleged act
> >> > is committed...
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> You might want to rethink that.
> >>
> >> Ed
> >> USA Ret
> >
> >Private citizens can indeed be arrested and prosecuted by foreign
> >governments for actions they committed as private citizens but
United
> >States Government officials arrested in foreign lands for decisions
> >they made as part of their jobs is an act of war upon the United
States
> >and will subject the offending country to the wrath of the entire
> >United States military.
> >
> Well, no. That's not true either. Quite the contrary. Their actions
in a
> foreign land could be construed as an act of war against that
country.
That's fine because if that country tries to arrest a US government
official then they had better be prepared to go to war.
> Where do you people get off with the idea that Americans can do
whatever
> they damn well please anywhere and get away with it?
I never said that. Your imagination is running away from you. Go back
and read it again.
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