tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885549900454136918.post2906939137613872416..comments2023-08-11T08:06:28.810-07:00Comments on Slobber And Spittle (Archive): An Intriguing QuestionCujo359http://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885549900454136918.post-66346969073129203702009-02-03T13:09:00.000-08:002009-02-03T13:09:00.000-08:00PoP, Pamela, and Dana, I pretty much agree. There ...PoP, Pamela, and Dana, I pretty much agree. There will certainly be people who are completely against doing anything with the U.N., and they do have a point. We can't control what the U.N. does. Heck, we can't really even control what we do.<BR/><BR/>There would be logistical hurdles to getting a warrant, and there would doubtless be some rules regarding their execution, Mike. That's the reason I referred to it as "messy". Warrants are fairly easily obtained in this country. A similarly streamlined process could be put into place for a worldwide system. I'm far more concerned about processes that go on in secret, and are done the way individual countries feel like doing them. Not all countries have a military that's as well trained as ours. (Despite that training, we have had excesses in Iraq and Afghanistan. That should make you think about how bad either countries would be at executing a disciplined raid into another country to capture someone.)<BR/><BR/>Even so, and despite the logistical issues Mike refers to, I still think there has to be a system like this. The thoughts in our own Constitution are noble ideas, but to the extent we live by them, we're safe from our own government. Having a sane system in place that governs extra-national arrests would make us safer from other peoples' governments, as well.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885549900454136918.post-19749212338334578022009-02-03T09:04:00.000-08:002009-02-03T09:04:00.000-08:00Think about the logistics of getting a 'warrant' f...Think about the logistics of getting a 'warrant' from a world court. Time + leaks = Bin Laden goes free. <BR/><BR/>It's a noble idea but completely unrealistic in my opinion.Mike at The Big Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11510309563965977831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885549900454136918.post-45634331024987665902009-02-03T08:32:00.000-08:002009-02-03T08:32:00.000-08:00Greenwald makes one think for sure. However, Bin L...Greenwald makes one think for sure. However, Bin Laden needs to be caught and punished for 9/11.Pamela Zydelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00455065276657597689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885549900454136918.post-16646627608346623532009-02-03T04:34:00.000-08:002009-02-03T04:34:00.000-08:00Mah two cents. In which you are, once again, high...<A HREF="http://entequilaesverdad.blogspot.com/2009/02/why-extraordinary-renditions-not-always.html" REL="nofollow">Mah two cents.</A> In which you are, once again, highlighted.<BR/><BR/>And a further thought: if the United States threw its weight behind the World Court, I do believe it would start to have more meaning worldwide. Obama's caught the world's fancy well enough that he could do that. Of course, the UN-haters at home would go into hysterical fits over the idea of a World Court with teeth - which makes the idea all the more attractive, don't it just?Dana Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885549900454136918.post-75553353719159451552009-02-03T04:19:00.000-08:002009-02-03T04:19:00.000-08:00I pretty much agree with you. There has to be a wo...I pretty much agree with you. There has to be a world standard for this sort of thing. How exactly it should work is beyond my mental ability this early in the morning.pissed off patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854364015577541981noreply@blogger.com