tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839044857981772582.post9132175682003098484..comments2008-09-14T11:08:50.141-07:00La Rizzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184344191689539587noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839044857981772582.post-20000170777256213532008-09-14T11:08:00.000-07:002008-09-14T11:08:00.000-07:00<A HREF="http://balkin.blogspot.com/2008/09/why-is-there-legal-question-about.html" REL="nofollow">The legal authority for running raids into Pakistan comes from our 2001 declaration of war against Al Qaeda</A>. (Disregard, as our country has, that in international law Al Qaeda is not a group that can actually be at war.) The problem with American legal authority for this is apparently just that the White House and Pentagon don't want to have to tell our Ambassador in Pakistan when we're doing this. Of course, Pakistan could decide to capture our guys and give them whatever they have coming under Pakistani law regardless of whether it's legal under American law.<BR/><BR/>But I obviously agree with most of everything else on the blog.P. Dgyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023313390666742507noreply@blogger.com