Hawk -
Very thought provoking thread...
Two ideas have been coming to mind along your lines:
> Why would it be necessary for the other sovereign states of this Union involved to insist upon their "right" to pursue capital cases against either of the accused, when a "successful" prosecution in the first trial would be more than sufficient to address society's demand for justice?
> Vietnam or no Vietnam... Iraq or now Iraq, veteran or no veteran... the fact is that when nations choose to or must devote so much energy, time and money to purposefully training young men to be ferocious killers for the sake of abstract and ever-changing political policy, shall it be any wonder that some find it impossible to distinguish between peace and war?
Timothy McVeigh, as an example, was held out, by some people, to be a rather outstanding warrior.
Calling back the dogs of war by voice command alone is not perfectly faultless.
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