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To: Sully- who wrote (15956)3/21/2005 8:45:37 AM
From: zonder  Read Replies (3) of 20773
 
My question was pretty simple: Does anything you posted here enlighten us as to how abducting a Canadian citizen and dumping him in a Syrian jail at the mercy of Syrian jailers can be deemed "lawful"?

I can't see the answer to that question anywhere in your introspective post.

I am not about to talk on behalf of "most folks here", and I am not even going to dignify the generalization "many of you folks", so let's stick to the subject.

(1) Please answer the question above. How is abducting a Canadian citizen and dumping him in a Syrian jail "lawful"?

While answering that question, you keep in mind the "UN convention against torture" which US signed in 1980s, where this paragraph appears:

Article 3

1. No State Party shall expel, return ("refouler") or extradite a person to another State where there are substantial grounds for believing that he would be in danger of being subjected to torture.

(2) I understand your point re "we don't know for sure that US meant these people to be tortured in Syria and elsewhere". Personally, I cannot think of another reason why the US would send its detainees off to such countries known for their ease with torture, especially in light of the Convention they signed that expressly forbids it.

Please share with us your thoughts on this: What other reason can you possibly think of for US to send a suspected Canadian off to Syria?

I'll form my opinions on these issues as time & events
unfold. And I'll do it with real facts from credible sources
if you don't mind.

Events are unfolding in front of your eyes (the Canadian in question was sent to Syria two years ago, fyi) and nobody is asking you to take into consideration anything other than facts.

Now, please do answer the above two questions. To me, it looks like a turd and smells like a turd. Let's see what it looks/smells like to you...

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