halcyoncmdr , 2 months ago

We don’t know exactly what the US promised. The article quotes only that:

he would be treated “appropriately” and “humanely” after being repatriated…

That doesn’t sound like the US promised they would prevent Algeria from trying and convicting him under their own laws.

His lawyers claim that the US responsibility doesn’t end when he’s back in Algerian custody, but that’s exactly how international law works. The US is giving him back, and he’s now in Algerian hands to so with as they see fit. The US can push for things, but then we get to the US exerting political power over a foreign nation to do something, bypassing their own legal systems, something we can all agree is something the US needs to stop doing.

But now it’s okay for the US to leverage it’s political power regardless of local terrorism laws? Because in this instance it’s “good”? Who defines what is “good” or “bad” when exerting that pressure for a country to ignore it’s own laws?