Nuremberg Prosecuter says both Bush and Saddam war criminals

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badbob

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I'm not a fan of the UN or ICC but I'm throwing this article out there for discussion. The world is FUBAR. Here is link to whole thing:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20060825/wl_oneworld/45361383191156511966

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 25 (OneWorld) - A chief prosecutor of Nazi war crimes at Nuremberg has said George W. Bush should be tried for war crimes along with Saddam Hussein. Benjamin Ferenccz, who secured convictions for 22 Nazi officers for their work in orchestrating the death squads that killed more than 1 million people, told OneWorld both Bush and Saddam should be tried for starting "aggressive" wars--Saddam for his 1990 attack on Kuwait and Bush for his 2003 invasion of Iraq.

badbob
 
My favorite quote of the article:

But on May 6, 2002--less than a year before the invasion of Iraq--the Bush administration withdrew the United States' signature on the treaty and began pressuring other countries to approve bilateral agreements requiring them not to surrender U.S. nationals to the ICC.

Three months later, George W. Bush signed a new law prohibiting any U.S. cooperation with the International Criminal Court. The law went so far as to include a provision authorizing the president to "use all means necessary and appropriate," including a military invasion of the Netherlands, to free U.S. personnel detained or imprisoned by the ICC.

That's too bad, according to Ferenccz. If the United States showed more of an interest in building an international justice system, they could have put Saddam Hussein on trial for his 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
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How many americans do you suppose would oppose us being part of the international criminal court? How many even know what it is? And how many even knew that we'd withdrawn from it (i did i did!)? So when can I withdraw from the jurisdictions of the Pima county court system? :D
 
Good point Don, you can only be a war criminal if you lose a war. (And reeeeaaaallly lose, as in, INVADED lose. None of this "we all go back home" crap (see russia & cold war))
 
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