Run, Donald, Run

I ran across two stories that are kicking about.. They are seemingly unrelated, but for some reason bring to mind the subject of hypocrisy.

In the first story, the United States is claiming the right to kidnap British citizens wanted for crimes in this country. (See also: War of 1812.) Americans have bypassed traditional extradition procedures and grabbed people by force and brought them here for prosecution.

In the second story, which has been around for a while, Donald Rumsfeld had to flee from France into Germany to avoid possible arrest for war crimes. The scope of the accusations is narrow – out of a full spectrum of infamous crimes, he is wanted only for his role in the Abu Ghraib torture affair. He had to hightail it out of France. Nice to see this chicken hawk squawk and dodge and run.

Are the two stories related? Yes, I think so. Not sure why.