Re: George Bush can face charges at The Hague. - "YES WE CAN!"

"dott.Piergiorgio" <dott.PiergiorgioNIHON@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:Andrew Swallow ha scritto:
:> rogue wrote:
:>> On Nov 8, 3:41 pm, Mobius_A_Pret...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
:>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:>>>
:>>> George Bush can face charges at The Hague.
:>>> Nov 07
:>>>
:>>> Hague prosecutor says Bush-Blair could face war crimes charges: 1
:>>> million Iraqis killed
:>>>
:>>> International Criminal Court prosecutor announced on Sunday that US
:>>> President George W Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair could face war
:>>> crimes charges at the Hague, after it emerged that up to one million
:>>> Iraqis have been killed since the illegal invasion.
:>>>
:>>> http://axisoflogic.com/cgi-bin/exec/view.pl?archive=153&num=24112
:>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:>>>
:>>> "Yes we can!"
:>>
:>> Yes we should. Personally, I want to see Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld,
:>> Wolfowitz, Gonzo, Miers et al standing in chains at the Hague waiting
:>> to go off to prison for the rest of their miserable lives, rather than
:>> enjoying the wealth their misery created for themselves.
:>
:> The International Criminal Court can only prosecute people from member
:> countries or when given special permission by the UN Security Council.
:> The USA actively unsigned the treaties setting up the Court and would
:> almost certainly veto any attempt to prosecute a retired US President.
:> So Bush is safe. Britain is a member so Blair could be prosecuted,
:> unless Britain decides to go to war with the Court.
:>
:> Andrew Swallow
:
:UHmmmmm....
:
:AFAICT, the Hague Court is of Roman Law, so they can prosecute in
:absentia (that is, handing trial & sentencing w/o the presence of the
:defendant)
:
:my .02 ?
:

And if Europe is *really* eager to have the United States as an active
enemy, this is a wonderful course to follow...

--
"Before you embark on a journey of revenge dig two graves."

-- Confucius
.

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