the armed forces get into trouble inside the US, they are subject to military
justice rather than State civilian
justice. If an enemy solider commits a war crime like rape, he is also tried in a military court and not the local civilian system. SOFA is not the naked exercise of power. It is simply a formal recognition that wherever military forces are deployed, they are subject to military
justice and not local civilian jurisdiction. Marko: Munaf does not assert that US citizens held overseas by US military forces have...
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