Stay away from Singapore!

So, the U.S. just pulled out of an international agreement that helps people get access to a home-country diplomat when jailed in a foreign country (WP). Death penalty opponents have been using the agreement to fight death sentences laid on foreigners in the U.S.--I gather that many of these are Mexicans being held in Texas--and the Bush administration does not approve of this type of meddling in our judicial system.

I predict that this bites us in the ass within 1 to 2 years. The Post notes that we used the protocol in question to sue Iran, successfully, for holding 52 American hostages in 1979-1981. All it will take is a U.S. citizen being held without access to the U.S. consul in some foreign country where they allow icky punishments like death or whipping, and I'm pretty sure we'll get back on board pretty quick. Either that or invade them.