Comment by greenavocado
6 days ago
"This paper we wrote shows the legal justification for the kidnapping, so the kidnapping we performed is completely legal."
6 days ago
"This paper we wrote shows the legal justification for the kidnapping, so the kidnapping we performed is completely legal."
Well, in this case, yes. This is the trouble with growing executive power, they can indeed give themselves permission.
They don't have jurisdiction over another country that's not how this works
I would love to live in a world where every government was democratically elected by an informed populace and never tried to assert authority outside it's borders.
> not how this works
When you say this, what exactly are you referring to?
Reality is reality. There is only one reality and the man is on the ship. No matter what you think. Reality is "how this works".
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Every arrest is a kidnapping.
That is how any legal system works, just to be clear.
That's not how the international legal system works
I mean to be fair.. the "international legal system" generally doesn't really work. It only works when governments think it works for them.
This usually means weaker (militarily/economically) countries banding together to hopefully provide some dis-incentives for strong arming.
It only works until someone calls the bluff.
what is "the international legal system"?
Unfortunately thats how the politics and economics of violence work when you are the most powerful country in the world (n.b. I am not American and think this situation is deplorable, but the legal facts and construction support Trump’s actions)
No they do not