Ok, now this just takes the cake. Only the Bush administration would have the utter gall, disrespect, insanity, plain bull headed crazy fucked up foreign policy to go to one of our strongest ALLIES and tell them we have the right to kidnap people from their country and bring the here to do with as we please.
According to an article in The Times (a UK Newspaper), the US Government is claiming the right to ‘kidnap’ British Citizens wanted for crimes in the United States.
From the article:
A senior lawyer for the American government has told the Court of Appeal in London that kidnapping foreign citizens is permissible under American law because the US Supreme Court has sanctioned it.
The admission will alarm the British business community after the case of the so-called NatWest Three, bankers who were extradited to America on fraud charges. More than a dozen other British executives, including senior managers at British Airways and BAE Systems, are under investigation by the US authorities and could face criminal charges in America.
Until now it was commonly assumed that US law permitted kidnapping only in the “extraordinary rendition” of terrorist suspects.
I mean seriously, what the fuck is wrong with our government. Just 10 years ago, The United States was one of the most respected countries in the world, and except for strained relations with a relatively small number of states, enjoyed at least healthy respect, if not strong good will and strong relationships. Now, our name is quite literally becoming synonymous with evil in the eyes of the rest of the world.
How did this happen? How can we fix it? Can it even be fixed?
And to all you died in the wool Bush supporters, could you please answer me these questions? I mean seriously, I am becoming afraid that my kids, should I ever decide to have them now, are going to be paying seriously for the mistakes of this President.
