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To: SeekAndFind

Somebody please explain what the difference is between this and the Civil War? Somebody takes up arms against the US shouldn’t expect full civil rights. I don’t recall death warrants being issued for individual confederate soldiers st Antietam.


55 posted on 10/09/2011 11:56:31 AM PDT by jackal7163 (If you are not willing to achieve victory at any cost, you are doomed to defeat!)
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To: jackal7163
Somebody please explain what the difference is between this and the Civil War? Somebody takes up arms against the US shouldn’t expect full civil rights. I don’t recall death warrants being issued for individual confederate soldiers st Antietam.

OK, let's use the Civil War as an example. Let's imagine that General Lee was visiting a non-combatant country, like Italy. So Lincoln orders the death of Lee while he's in Italy... There's a word for that... Assassination. And the last time I checked, that act is specifically against the law.

Mark

86 posted on 10/09/2011 4:32:13 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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