The internal US law citations above support my position, not those of their proponents.

The hawks above are still failing to distinguish between Hezbollah and the Lebanon. I am at a loss to suggest a respectable motive for this failing now that I have ponted it out so many times.

I have been away having a debate with a barrister who teaches criminal law at two universities, and he has been liaising with a Canadian lawyer who has a practice in criminal law and has defended a number of murders.

The upshot of the debate was as follows: -




Q.   "So we are agreed that neither in England nor Canada would there be a viable defence for a policeman who deliberately killed the hostage in order to kill the kidnapper?"

A.   "We are less certain than you; but agree that this should be the case."


I am off to read C. Ham's link but am uninspired by the stated fact that "Mr. Kittrie is professor of international law at Arizona State University and served in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the U.S. State Department from 1993 to 2003."   Don't you think this sort of gives him a foot in one camp?   I am unbiased: I am neither an Israeli (nor Jewish) nor American, nor am I a member of Hezbollah nor a Moslem nor of any Arabic nationality residence or descent.