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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
So you would be ok with a Canadian facing a flogging in a Asian country for spitting gum on the sidewalk (Think its the Phillapines), or a Canadian facing life in prison for carrying an ounce of drugs in the same country?
Also, its not like the Afghan system of justice is not corrupt and is religious based and not based on a common rule of law.
Plus it doesn't sound like Islamic courts recognize mental illness as a defence, what if this guy is certifiable or suffering from PTS?
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The justice may not be fair from our perspective, but it would probably be the best at satisfying the Afghani people.
Why does he escape facing the laws of the land just because he's in the military? He wasn't following any kind of military directive, and he killed civilians.
The US should pull out of the middle east, and keep their nose out of there. That they have their nose in there at all is a cause of a lot of the tensions. The US think they are the protectors/police of the world, and it rubs many the wrong way, especially to some counties in the middle east.