Flag of Truce

According to many reports, the captured Pirate, had shown up, under a flag of truce, and yet, was seized by US personnel.  I suppose, one can find a way to justify that, though I would be a bit hard pressed to.

Then there is his age. Seems they can't be certain if he is 18, 20, or 16, which also makes me wonder, what is it about seizing kids, and holding them for trial, that the USA is so enamored with?  There are rules about dealing with kids, yet it seems they are more 'rules of convenience'.

Then there is the whole issue of Jurisdiction.

The government had considered handing Wal-i-Musi over to authorities in Kenya, which has an international agreement to prosecute pirates.

Officials decided to send him to trial in New York in part because the FBI office there has a history of handling cases in Africa involving major crimes against Americans, such as the al-Qaeda bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa in 1998.

If Kenya has the right, then why is he in the USA?  So the FBI has experience in foreign bombings, what does that have to do with Pirates? I mean using the logic applied by the USA, perhaps he should have been sent to Israel, who has a lot more experience than the USA in terrorist bombings, across the Globe, not to mention kidnappings of nationals.

Maybe they should send him to London, who has some good experience on that too, so why the USA? So some federal prosecutor can make a name for himself, add a nice tid bit to his/her resume?

Crimes committed internationally, should be dealt with on an international level, just as they have been done, prior to George W. Bush.  Can anyone say 'Nuremburg Trials'?

Yet the USA seems to go its own way, without consultation with its allies, never mind the entire interested parties. Ships were seized, people held for ransom, and even killed, so it is an issue that goes beyond the borders of the United States. Not to mention, it happened in waters that are considered International, and are considered to be under the Internation Jurisdiction, not the United States.

Seems to me, a bit of bullying is going on here, and that Justice, is once more being perverted, for the benefit of a select few, not for the benefit of the global community.