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

On Nov 8, 9:10 pm, Fred J. McCall <fjmcc...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"dott.Piergiorgio" <dott.PiergiorgioNI...@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...

Yeah, really. Not to mention that going after a US President for
deposing Hussein is like punishing Obi Wan in Episode III for
assaulting Darth Vader.

Also, it runs counter to the course Europe has taken with stuff like
Sarkozy getting elected in France.

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

                      -- Confucius

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