At 14:04 18-10-2002 -0400, Jim Sharkey wrote:
>If an American would be put on trial at the ICC on charges of warAlthough it bothers me that the US refuses to participate in the ICC, that is not really what I am referring to (the refusal is merely one example of America's isolationist policies). What bothers me a lot more is that the US did not limit itself to refusing to participate, but actually threatened The Netherlands (one of America's allies!) with an invasion if an American would be put on trial at the ICC.
>crimes, would you also find it acceptable if Europe would attack the
>US to prevent the US from invading The Netherlands?
I know that America's refusal to participate in the ICC bothers you, Jeroen. You've brought it up a number of times since the issues over it first started some time ago. If you're wondering *why* some Americans don't want trust it, I have two words for you: Ira Einhorn.
He murdered his girlfriend, mummified her, and stuffed her in a trunk. He fled the country, and was living quite well in Europe. He was tried in absentia in Pennsylvania, and given the death penalty. When he was discovered in France, the French would not give him up to PA authorities until they voided the trial and agreed not to seek the death penalty. They were quite happy to infringe on American sovereignty to get their way and impose their morality on the state of Pennsylvania. While I'm not saying ti would happen in the ICC, if you are wondering why some people think that Europeans on the court would use it to impose their values on Americans, you need look no further than this.I have no reason to believe the Europeans will succeed in imposing European values on Americans; as it is an *international* court, with support from countries all across the world, I expect that the judges on any case will come from several parts of the world, not merely from Europe.
And if America had not been isolationist, there would have been American judges on the ICC as well.
Jeroen "Justice for all" van Baardwijk
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