> RoMunn wrote: > Administration had to make some judgment as to whether the GC applied. They > decided it didn't. End of story. >
The US signed an international agreement to abide by certain behavior which, if violated, opens up the US to international prosecution by a world court. That's the end of the story. The only way the US could protect Bush would be to withdraw from the Geneva Convention and that still wouldn't protect him because the crimes were perpetrated on his watch AND you don't have to signatory to be tried. The Supreme Court cannot stop any of the 145+ countries from apprehending and prosecuting Bush, Cheney, or anyone else that's committed war crimes. The current standoff is ONLY DUE to the fact that none of those countries have sent a team to arrest Bush, Cheney or the others. Thus it's not only possible, but probable, that should Obama not pursue war crimes, someone else will. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:285728 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
