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Originally Posted by GlennD
A core issue is that no American citizen should ever be on trial where his constitutional rights are not guaranteed. I don't mean that Americans abroad aren't subject to the laws where they travel; it's more along the lines that guards in Guatanomo won't be put on trial in an international court for their actions - they'd be subject to trial in an American (presumably military) court.
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It's a nice thought, but it doesn't make sense. If US citizens don't want to be subject to the judgment of other governments, they shouldn't go to or do business with those countries.
Certainly the US gov't has no moral issue with prosecuting people from other countries without regards to the rights their home country grants them.
Soldiers are no more permitted to commit criminal acts in other countries, or upon their citizens, than anyone else. There are international guidelines and treaties about how prisoners should be treated; any nation that fails to follow them leaves its soldiers open to civil prosecution instead of the military courts.