realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDonald Trump threatens to imprison Mark Zuckerburg for 'rest of his life' if 'he does anything illegal' over electionnews.sky.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1349arrow-down129
arrow-up1320arrow-down1external-linkDonald Trump threatens to imprison Mark Zuckerburg for 'rest of his life' if 'he does anything illegal' over electionnews.sky.comrealcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squareStern@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up46arrow-down1·2 months agoGuantanamo Bay has entered the conversation.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoThe argument there was that they were POWs captured on the battlefield, and thus under the purview of the CinC. There is no way to make that argument regarding Zuckerberg.
minus-squareEvacuateSoul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 months agoNot POWs, but enemy combatants, which they made up to avoid responsibilities to POWs.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoFair point. Regardless, not something that could be done with Zuckerberg. He couldn’t lock him up for the same reason he couldn’t lock Hillary up.
minus-squareTransplantedSconie@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoDictatorships don’t care about making an argument.
Guantanamo Bay has entered the conversation.
The argument there was that they were POWs captured on the battlefield, and thus under the purview of the CinC.
There is no way to make that argument regarding Zuckerberg.
Not POWs, but enemy combatants, which they made up to avoid responsibilities to POWs.
Fair point. Regardless, not something that could be done with Zuckerberg. He couldn’t lock him up for the same reason he couldn’t lock Hillary up.
Dictatorships don’t care about making an argument.