Why? the ICC only comes into play when the violator's country requests prosecution; has a sham trial, or the absolutely refuses to deal with the case. In spite of Ashcroft's best efforts given our open democracy here I cannot see how there could be any sort of trumped up charges against US personnel that would get beyond the most preliminary steps.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 12:25 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Bush: U.S. personnel will never face global court > > > (Remembers the last time Howie drug up good news and added a negative > twist to it) > > On the speech issue, it's a regional inconcsistency... see the above > thought bubble. I've used the word (incorrectly as it may seem to > y'all) in that context all my life. > > As far as the US stance on the ICC, I'm in total agreement > with it. I > saw the thread about it going back and forth and didn't > comment on it, > but on the surface it reeks of possibilities for loopholes and > corruption. Then again, at the moment there are a total of > four people > there and they don't even have a building yet, but it seems > to me like > any attempt to actually make use of it will be a > self-defeating purpose. > > Hatton > > Howie Hamlin wrote: > > > [On a side note - I think it's interesting that CNN changed > the word from "drug" to "dragged" in their rendition of the > > quote (which is, of course, the correct word). When is > this nincompoop going to get a handle on speaking English?] > > > > MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (CNN) -- President Bush, facing > criticism from European allies, remained defiant about the United > > States' refusal to back the new international war crimes > court, pledging Tuesday he will never allow American diplomats > > and soldiers to be dragged before it. > > > > "The International Criminal Court is troubling to the > United States," Bush told reporters following a tour at a > > Milwaukee church. "As the United States works to bring > peace around the world, our diplomats and our soldiers could be > > drug into this court, and that's very troubling -- very > troubling to me." > > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/07/03/bush.international.c ourt/index.html > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
