Quote:
Originally Posted by Xaccers
It was still the law at the time, sorry Mr Angry, but no matter how you like to paint it, it was created under Iraqi law, it was extended under Iraqi law, and it's still under Iraqi law.
|
Sorry but you're wrong. It's there, in black and white, and you even went to the bother of linking to a post disproving your own argument. Thanks.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Xaccers
I'm sure you'd prefer that US soldiers were tied up in trumped up court cases by corrupt members of the Iraqi police force, and hung just like Saddam, after all, you've made no attempt to hide what value you place on the lives lost over there.
|
That's a particulary judgemental and nasty piece of commentary, even from you. It appears that you are now judge and jury on how or where my sentiments lie with regard to deceased servicemen and their families. Still, I suppopse it fits with your fantasy idea of actual conflict and war situations. For the record - I've a great deal more respect for soldiers, living and dead, than I have for weekend war fantasists whose idea of a tough decision in a war scenario comes down to what colour of paintballs to use.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Xaccers
Personally, in such a risky enviroment, I'd give every coalition worker the same protection.
|
And, in the event of a handover to a legitimate government would you allow them to recind that protection - or would that be just a little "too democratic" for your taste?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Xaccers
Here you are on one hand saying that the Iraqi law wasn't valid enough to have this order, yet on the other you'd have that same "invalid" law used against coalition forces.
|
Lets deal with the facts. I didn't say the Iraqi law wasn't valid - that was a comment made and quoted in the news story you linked to which defeated your own "argument". I stated that Iraqi law was not used to determine Order 17 - again proven in the opening gambit of the story you linked to and by the copy of the actual document drafted by an American and signed by an American.
Stop digging?