You are right When it comes to prosecution of criminal offenses. But the revocation of the contract of any company falls under the Iraqi jurisdictions.
AAA is mixing between the two.
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Iraqi Government Moves To Ban Blackwater Private Security Firm
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You are right When it comes to prosecution of criminal offenses. But the revocation of the contract of any company falls under the Iraqi jurisdictions.
AAA is mixing between the two.
Quote from Mom0/pH0x:
why is it hard to grasp? you are joking right? iraq is either soveriegn or it's not! you seem to be in favor of a imperialistic agenda and somehow feel that it's appropriate for us to behave that way... would the same standard apply to the usa? would you feel the same way if there were foriegn mercenaries hired by another nation to operate in the usa with legal immunity? would that also not be 'hard to grasp'?
Well, foreign diplomats are immune to being prosecuted in the US. All we can do is kick 'em out. Similar to Iraq licensing Blackwater or not. The result would be them being kicked out.
But the difference between the US and Iraq is that Iraq isn't exactly a safe place for State Dept officials to be traveling around on their own over there. And so they need protection, and it's a little beyond a rational person's expectation to think that SD's could protect themselves.
Dontcha think?
You are placing foreign diplomats on the same plane as an armed private military group that kills the locals?
Insanity.
Sure, if hired guns working in a capacity of security detail for the Iran Ambassador in America under a diplomatic...shield murdered American citizens, the right wing would have no problem with that, saying "well, that's diplomatic immunity."
Insanity.
Sure, if hired guns working in a capacity of security detail for the Iran Ambassador in America under a diplomatic...shield murdered American citizens, the right wing would have no problem with that, saying "well, that's diplomatic immunity."
Quote from Haroqueen:
Well, foreign diplomats are immune to being prosecuted in the US. All we can do is kick 'em out. Similar to Iraq licensing Blackwater or not. The result would be them being kicked out.
But the difference between the US and Iraq is that Iraq isn't exactly a safe place for State Dept officials to be traveling around on their own over there. And so they need protection, and it's a little beyond a rational person's expectation to think that SD's could protect themselves.
Dontcha think?
Quote from Mom0/pH0x:
why is it hard to grasp? you are joking right? iraq is either soveriegn or it's not! you seem to be in favor of a imperialistic agenda and somehow feel that it's appropriate for us to behave that way... would the same standard apply to the usa? would you feel the same way if there were foriegn mercenaries hired by another nation to operate in the usa with legal immunity? would that also not be 'hard to grasp'?
That's a good reason not to allow someone to invade and defeat your country. Iraq is not totally sovereign. That should be obvious. If they said we want all US troops so we can provide a haven for al qaeda, that wouldn't fly. So clearly there are limits on their sovereignty.
Iraq is not totally sovereign?
Does their purple thumb elected government know that?
Is the fact that they are not "totally sovereign" written into their constitution?
Does their purple thumb elected government know that?
Is the fact that they are not "totally sovereign" written into their constitution?
Quote from AAAintheBeltway:
That's a good reason not to allow someone to invade and defeat your country. Iraq is not totally sovereign. That should be obvious. If they said we want all US troops so we can provide a haven for al qaeda, that wouldn't fly. So clearly there are limits on their sovereignty.
How will you react when sovereign Pakistan "requires" intervention? The Neo-Jacobian's wanted a shake up in the mid-east. Now they're getting exactly what they wished for.
And the collapse of the USD is a direct result. But standby, it will only get worse.
And the collapse of the USD is a direct result. But standby, it will only get worse.
Quote from AAAintheBeltway:
That's a good reason not to allow someone to invade and defeat your country. Iraq is not totally sovereign. That should be obvious. If they said we want all US troops so we can provide a haven for al qaeda, that wouldn't fly. So clearly there are limits on their sovereignty.