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To: docbnj

Who prosecutes the ship’s defenders, when the incident happens on the high seas?? Maybe Obama can find a use for Gitmo, after all. He could capture them and send them there.


19 posted on 03/24/2010 6:02:19 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
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To: norwaypinesavage
Who prosecutes the ship’s defenders, when the incident happens on the high seas??

Exactly, they didn't break any country's laws because they weren't in any country.


21 posted on 03/24/2010 6:06:01 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: norwaypinesavage

I believe the “law of the sea” is that pirates can be hanged without trial.


22 posted on 03/24/2010 6:07:32 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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