Yeah, *I'M* the one who isn't getting this.
Now, just before, I provided you with a summary of the common law, noting that visiting aliens were recognized as owing a temporary allegiance to the sovereign, with two exceptions: 1) ambassadors and 2) hostile invaders.
Now, let's see if you are smart enough to make the proper comparison when we consider the situation of a British army coming to the U.S. To help you out here, it's like those picture books where a child is shown, say, two group of objects, one with a mix of land animals and one with a mix of birds, then is shown a pig and asked which to which group the pig belongs. OK?
So now given the situation of a British army coming to the U.S., when assessing the status of such persons and the allegiance of others aligned with them, would you say the operative rule would associate more closely with the common law precedent of 1) ambassadors or 2) hostile invaders?
Think hard.
Yeah, *I'M* the one who isn't getting this
Congratulations. For once you've managed to make a correct assessment.