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To: denydenydeny
Since technically we are not in a declared war, I wonder how many wartime sabotage laws apply here if a perp is discovered.

Attempting to disable aircraft which carry our precious military sons and daughters should carry the death penalty whether we are technically at war or not.

It's the only punishment which will act as a deterrent except among virgin-seeking radical Muslims saboteurs.

Leni

53 posted on 05/14/2008 7:42:47 AM PDT by MinuteGal (I Love My Country More than I Dislike McCain !)
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To: MinuteGal

I respectfully disagree. Technically, we’re in a state of declared war. It’s the purists that won’t accept this technicality on account of not having a fancy piece of paper with strong wording and lots of curlicues.


65 posted on 05/14/2008 9:38:52 AM PDT by cake_crumb (Obama's bus needs a lift kit just to clear all the bodies!)
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To: MinuteGal

If anything, what we are seeing is part of a trade war. See my previous post. I really hope it’s wrong, but the timing...


71 posted on 05/14/2008 12:36:35 PM PDT by Lexinom
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To: MinuteGal
Since technically we are not in a declared war, I wonder how many wartime sabotage laws apply here if a perp is discovered

Don't know about wartime sabotage laws, but the Constitutional definition of treason does not depend on the nation being formally at war, only that it has enemies, and that someone gives them aid or comfort to those enemies, or making war upon the United States. Lord knows we have enemies, many right here at home, and sabotaging military equipment would certainly give them aide, and could easily be construed as making war.

The penalty for treason is death.

109 posted on 05/17/2008 4:25:18 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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