[xzins]

Based on the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act, you are correct.

Go to this thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030632/posts

Our troops are now FOREVER chargeable as civilians if some prosecutor doesn’t like any of their actions as soldiers.

Had John Kerry become president, he could have charged Petraeus for deaths on the battlefield of ENEMY combatants IF he simply disagreed with planning or decision-making.

It’s a terrible time to be a combat soldier.

A good time to be a terrorist, though. You get 4 squares, reading material, entertainment, your own personal lawyer, and now your own personal judge.

We are insane.

[P-Marlowe]

I suspect that pretty soon a sniper will have to read his target his rights before he picks him off. They'll give the sniper a rifle and a bull horn where he will have to broadcast the following before he shoots him:

You are in my gunsights. You have a right to due process. I cannot shoot you if you claim to be represented by an attorney. If you do not have an attorney, one will be appointed to you.

Do you understand your rights and are you willing to waive those rights so that I can shoot you before you blow up that bus full of children?"