Comments on: U.S. to British Court: We Have the Right to Kidnap Your Citizens if Your Courts Do Not Extradite Them http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/02/us-to-british-court-we-have-the-right-to-kidnap-your-citizens-if-your-courts-do-not-extradite-them/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:48:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: jonathanturley http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/02/us-to-british-court-we-have-the-right-to-kidnap-your-citizens-if-your-courts-do-not-extradite-them/#comment-2574 jonathanturley Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:13:33 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/02/us-to-british-court-we-have-the-right-to-kidnap-your-citizens-if-your-courts-do-not-extradite-them/#comment-2574 Well for one thing, Americans pressed into service had a genuine hope of release and were given the same conditions as English sailors. It is a little different in Cuba. Well for one thing, Americans pressed into service had a genuine hope of release and were given the same conditions as English sailors. It is a little different in Cuba.

]]> By: deeply worried http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/02/us-to-british-court-we-have-the-right-to-kidnap-your-citizens-if-your-courts-do-not-extradite-them/#comment-2566 deeply worried Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:03:55 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/02/us-to-british-court-we-have-the-right-to-kidnap-your-citizens-if-your-courts-do-not-extradite-them/#comment-2566 My history sense is better than average but worse than it should be. Wasn't the War of 1812 precipitated by the forced pressing of sailors from US ships by the Royal Navy? In what ways is this present American position any different in substance? My history sense is better than average but worse than it should be.

Wasn’t the War of 1812 precipitated by the forced pressing of sailors from US ships by the Royal Navy?

In what ways is this present American position any different in substance?

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