Do as I say but not as I do.

[OffTopic1]

Colombia 'will not try US troops'

A group of US soldiers arrested for alleged cocaine smuggling cannot be allowed to stand trial in Colombia, Washington's envoy to Bogota has said.

Colombian senators have been calling for the men, who were based in the country, to be extradited from the US.

But US ambassador William Wood said the soldiers are immune from prosecution.

More than 200 Colombian citizens have been extradited to the US to face trial for drug trafficking, under a bilateral deal between the two countries....

It is going to be hard to make other countries respect what the US has been preaching, because the US don?t even respect it own rules.

 

[yllus]

You have a point, there is clearly a measure of hypocrisy at play here. If you're going to sign this bilateral deal, follow through.

On the other hand, while no doubt a number of people love to whine about how freedom is a thing of the past in the U.S., the concept of impartially rendered justice in America is likely something quite different than that in Colombia.

Edit: Whoops, I guess I missed the obvious. Soldiers != citizens.

 

[Ozoned]

Originally posted by: OffTopic

Colombia 'will not try US troops'

A group of US soldiers arrested for alleged cocaine smuggling cannot be allowed to stand trial in Colombia, Washington's envoy to Bogota has said.

Colombian senators have been calling for the men, who were based in the country, to be extradited from the US.

But US ambassador William Wood said the soldiers are immune from prosecution.

More than 200 Colombian citizens have been extradited to the US to face trial for drug trafficking, under a bilateral deal between the two countries....

It is going to be hard to make other countries respect what the US has been preaching, because the US don?t even respect it own rules.

:roll:

Or maybe other countries are too fcking stupid to understand the Rules that they agree to.

These soldiers are entitled to due process under the umbrella of the ucmj.