Posted by
Jordan Kiemele on Friday, January 25, 2008 1:37:02 PM
I am waiting to do a chat session for one of my classes this semester, but no one is showing up. So I will contribute to this while I wait. Unfortunately, I am much too busy with needless busy work with school to write as often as I wish to.
What I am briefly going to discuss is the whole murdered Marine thing with the other Marine suspected of the killing hiding in Mexico. Apparently Mexico won't extradite anyone back here if they are facing the death penalty, so if they send the Marine back, we don't get to kill him. Here's my question, when does Mexico tell us what to do? Why do we listen to them? I understand the diplomatic ties that are necessary, especially for future situations that are similar. But Mexico doesn't listen to us. Why must we then listen to them? They send us scum, drugs, and the like. And when we want them to send us something we actually want, they only will under the conditions they set. The last time I checked, Mexico doesn't control us.
I'm sure we could work out an unconditional release back to us if we played the cards right. But we shouldn't even have to do that. Our laws are our laws. It is none of Mexico's business what the consequences for detrimental actions are. Besides, if they knowingly are giving safe haven to a murderer, is there not some kind of international law that could do something about it. But then again, that is probably like expecting the UN to bring peace. International laws, what a joke. The U.S. is a sovereign nation, we can do our own thing. It is asinine for Mexico to tell us what we can and cannot do with our felons. Seriously, why do we take crap from Mexico? Haven't we given them enough? Can't we get a murderer back? (Yes, I know he is innocent until proven guilty and such, but if finding a burnt, dead person buried in your back yard who died from blunt force trauma and escaping presumably to Mexico doesn't send a sign of guilt, I am not sure what does.)
A half hour later, and no one joined the chat for my class. It better still count as attending the chat. I did; no one else did, that's not my problem.
I don't know if Mexico has selective hearing or what, but let us deal justice to our criminals. You should do the same with yours, instead of sending them to us!