Yeah? Well, let's just wait and see if he escapes justice this time. Care to bet whether he will be walking the streets as a free man in the next few years? I'm not a betting man but I would take that bet.
He murdered an American citizen in international waters. I happen to think we have much stronger legal grounds than you do.
And without any problem at all, we can make him disappear for years into some hellhole. We know we can do that with no problem.
And you forget that we're establishing a new nation in Iraq. I suspect we could arrange a trial in Iraq for him if we wanted to. But I don't think we need to bother with that.
You missed the whole point here. The only way "we" can do any of these things is by operating outside the constraints of our legal process. That's why my original statement was that the U.S. has no jurisdiction in this case.
He murdered an American citizen in international waters. I happen to think we have much stronger legal grounds than you do.
I don't know who "you" is supposed to mean here. And any statements about the legal grounds for prosecuting Abbas are nothing more than speculation unless they come from someone with a background in maritime law. I was in high school when this incident occurred, and I remember thinking at the time that the most enduring lesson was this: If you're going to sail in international waters, do it on an American ship.
And without any problem at all, we can make him disappear for years into some hellhole. We know we can do that with no problem.
The U.S. has also shown that "we" can make 80+ Branch Davidians disappear in a conflagration in Waco, Texas. The fact that "we" can do something isn't really the point here.