Does the US have the right to apprehend Terrorists in another country? Using the Liby

[gopher]

Whether they have the right or not doesn't much matter. They have the power to do it and no one realistically is going to stop them. Just like no one really did anything about Israel going into another country and kidnapping Adolf Eichmann. Some countries may shake their finger at the US as they did with Israel in that case but no real action will or can be taken. Rights are artificial constructs. If you don't have the right to take or have something, you invent one.

That's exactly what I was going to write. Therefore, kidnapping a terror suspect has legal precedent.

 

[WLDB]

You mean like everything else?

Fair point.

Witness Gitmo, and old Obama releasing some of the worst of them.

Witness unconstitutional military trials.

The solution?? Shoot them where they stand. Don't arrest, kill.

Could be problematic when they are unarmed and trying to surrender. Yes people have been killed in every war in that situation but it is generally frowned upon. Particularly now when even in the middle of nowhere you have no idea what may be filmed and may surface months or years later.

Long term they are in a mess when it comes to what to do with those in Gitmo, but they had to have known that going in. Politicians think too much about short term solutions or political gain rather than the long run. To be fair the same could be said for the electorate.

 

[taxslave]

OF COURSE there is no "right" for the USA to apprehend foreigners in another country. It is also a tactical mistake to bring them to territory under US control, as you wind up with them in the public eye, and there is simply no way to legitimately dispose of them.

Witness Gitmo, and old Obama releasing some of the worst of them.

Witness unconstitutional military trials.

The solution?? Shoot them where they stand. Don't arrest, kill.

The proper thing to do is load them all on a plane locked on an east heading with 1000 miles of fuel.

 

[petros]

If they have jobs, shopping OCDs and over extended credit they don't have time to plot evil things