[realtall]

One more thing:

I realize that sometimes our citizens are going to get the short end of the stick in other countries' courts because of circumstances not in their control. I don't want any american losing a forearm because he stole an apple in a muslim coutry either(which wasn't what happened here). I don't feel like someone should skate either(which is what happened here) on a drug crime just because he is an american. Its too bad that there wasn't some sort of middle ground that could be reached. It was stupidity and arrogance that he had it there to begin with.