Ravi
Diamond Member
You did say the marine could shoot him. But that isn't true. You don't shoot someone that surrenders. THAT would violate due process.I didn't say he would. Read what I said.I adore Marines. However, the Marine would have been perfectly right to shoot him on sight.
If I were him and interested in turning myself in, I would have rallied as many reporters as I could to accompany me on my surrender. Of course, with a 'kill order' on me by the US government, as soon as I got inside anyone could have executed me with no ramification whatsoever. If I were betting with my life, I would not take that bet.
I call bullshit on the idea that a Marine would have shot an unarmed man in the process of surrendering himself to lawful authorities.
Once detained (and no longer able to lead an organization that slaughtered thousands of Americans) there would be no need to have killed him and then he could have exercised his due process rights because that point it would have been a criminal case.
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RIF.