Viet-Justice

I am always deeply amused how FOXNews.com likes to make a big deal over nothing. We all know that Schwarzenegger smokes cigars. Big deal. For some reason everyone is making a big deal about the possibility that he smoked a Cuban cigar while in Canada. Now you can legally import them to Canada, but some brain dead person took a statement that made absolutely no sense and included it in the article.

“Persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction are prohibited from purchasing or importing Cuban cigars, regardless of where they are,” U.S. Treasury Department spokeswoman Molly Millerwise said in a statement.

That statement makes no sense in context of the FOXNews article or in any other context.  You are not subject to US jurisdiction after you leave US soil.  If I go to Moscow the FSB, not the FBI, have jurisdiction over me.  The current administration seem to have this idea that no matter where you go or what you do your fall under US jurisdiction.  While that may be a pleasant thought to people such as AG Gonzalez, it isn’t practical in the real world.  You are bound by the law of the land where you are located.  You can’t be put on trial in another country for breaking their laws while here.  Why should it work in reverse?