The reason seems obvious to me. Much as I hate to say it, the members of the administration are afraid of charges being brought against them. Which says a lot about their sincerity. Me, I am waiting to see what we do in Liberia. Are we still in favor of freeing the oppresssed when there is no oil involved?
Dana Angel Stewart writes: > "SO now the United States of America, a country that prides itself as > being democratic, just and humane, has decided to cut off military aid > to several dozen countries whose only sin is to have supported, without > reservation, a court established to punish sadistic and inhumane goons > found guilty of serious and reprehensible crimes against humanity, > genocide among them. > > Of course, the world's only remaining superpower is putting forward an > argument that the International Criminal Court (ICC) could be used as a > vehicle to subject American military personnel to frivolous, politicised > and trumped-up charges. But any reasonable and objective reading of the > court's statutes would show that such care has been taken to prevent > precisely this kind of manipulation as to render it almost impossible. > > What, then, is really irking America? The answer lies in the ideological > bent of the present Bush administration, which overturned the Clinton > administration's support of the court in keeping with its increasingly > unilateralist view of the world most vividly underscored, of course, by > its decision to invade Iraq in spite of the protests of even some of its > traditional and long-standing allies. > > What was, perhaps, just as significant as the American decision to > plunge ahead regardless was the Bush administration's attitude towards > those who opposed its pre-emptive strike against Saddam Hussein and his > regime. Rather than see the objections of, say, France and Germany, as a > genuine difference of opinion to which as sovereign, independent > countries they were entitled, government spokesmen, led by the American > president, left no doubt that they viewed the objections as nothing > short of treachery. > > Put badly, what the administration was saying was that as far as the war > against Iraq was concerned either you were with us or against us, > whatever your concerns about the rightness of the invasion. > > Thinly-veiled threats were issued, which led to a round of diplomatic > fence-mending which even now has not seen final construction. And here > now, in the matter of the ICC, the United States is not only venting its > fury by withdrawing military aid from targeted countries, but seeking to > scuttle the court even before it gets off the ground-America's perceived > rather than real interests being invoked to give succour to all those > power-mad leaders to whom not only human life but entire populations > mean nothing. > > Ironically, much of the so-called free world has long looked at America > as the leader of what has turned out to be an ongoing fight against > tyranny. Now that image has been tarnished with America emerging, in the > words of this country's former president, ANR Robinson, as just another > "bully". Mr Robinson has called on the countries affected, mainly poor > and so-called Third World, to unite and fight, and while the battle may > ultimately prove to be unequal, the fact remains that the regime now in > power in the United States seems bent on putting up major roadblocks > between itself and other nations. It may well come, in the fullness of > time, to rue these days of wrath." - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Go bush go. > One wonders why America really doesn't want an International Criminal > court that could bring dictators and war criminals to justice regardless > of where they are in the world.Does it have something to gain by > supporting these individuals? > > -Gel > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
