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Comment on Iron Man 3: Iron Patriot Goes to Pakistan by Melanie Koleini

Melanie Koleini — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:21:16 +0000

The Mandarin might also be charged with providing material aid to a terrorist organization.

Comment on Iron Man 3: Iron Patriot Goes to Pakistan by James Daily

James Daily — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:26:34 +0000

We got an email about that, too, and the answer is kind of long and fact-dependent, so I’ll probably turn it into a post on Wednesday.

Comment on Iron Man 3: Iron Patriot Goes to Pakistan by Pat

Pat — Tue, 21 May 2013 06:13:04 +0000

Besides those two, racketeering would presumably work.

Comment on Iron Man 3: Iron Patriot Goes to Pakistan by Martin

Martin — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:28:17 +0000

Okay, here’s a serious question about the Iron Man movie. In the end what crime was the Mandarin arrested for? Did he really kill that Roxxon executive or was that “movie magic” as he claimed? After all he was only an (SPOILER) actor and not an actual terrorist: he claimed he had never even been to Pakistan! My best guess is that he could be tried under either conspiracy or obstruction of justice charges: he knew that he was not responsible for the explosions and yet he took credit for them and this hampered the investigation into the explosions.

Comment on 2013 Metropolitan Washington Mensa Regional Gathering by fraser

fraser — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:04:25 +0000

Dang. I thought about attending that RG–wish I’d known.

Comment on Iron Man 3: Iron Patriot Goes to Pakistan by Terry Washington

Terry Washington — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:05:02 +0000

I just thought of the Posse Comitatus Act (1878) which precludes the US military from assuming law enforcement functions domestically unless in the case of civil disturbance( 1957 Little Rock desegregation crisis in Arkansas and James Meredith’s enrolment in the University Of Mississippi in 1962, and the LA riots of 1965 and 1992 respectively(. I am NOT certain if the Act applies to the US military overseas( probably not except in cases of countries such as Germany and Japan after WWII- they were under military occupation by the four victorious Allied powers- the US, UK, France and the USSR), but given the strong anti-US sentiment in Pakistan due to the “drone war” in the FATA, I would advice the Iron Patriot to watch his step there; other countries are not as enamored of peripatetic American superheroes as are Americans themselves_ at least outside of New York!

Comment on Superheroes and Flying I: Air Safety and Registration by 2013 Metropolitan Washington Mensa Regional Gathering | Law and the Multiverse

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:25:04 +0000

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Comment on Iron Man 3: Iron Patriot Goes to Pakistan by Terry Washington

Terry Washington — Mon, 20 May 2013 07:18:51 +0000

The plot thickens- a soldier (or airman in Iron Patriot’s case although in the comics he is a US Marine) has different rights and duties than a law enforcement( civilian as opposed to the military police) officer. As the late Ernest Borgnine’s character General Worden observed the 1967 film version of E.M. Nathanson’s “The Dirty Dozen” -” a soldier’s job is to wear his uniform and kill the enemy”(whereas a policeman’s is to uphold the law and apprehend criminals- and the question of what rights a superhero has whilst operating outside his/her native land remains unaddressed( as my novel makes clear).

Comment on Iron Man 3: Iron Patriot Goes to Pakistan by Segev

Segev — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:22:09 +0000

Ah, thanks. In that case, I don’t think we’re informed of him being moved out of the Air Force, so I would assume that he (still) counts as a soldier. Not a “spook” or any such. Especially given the highly public face Iron Patriot has.

Comment on Iron Man 3: Iron Patriot Goes to Pakistan by Graham

Graham — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:08:28 +0000

It’s the Air Force. He was in command of the two jets Stark broke in the first movie.