Dana, Liberia is in the middle of a civil war. Why should we intervene? Should we have intervened in Somalia? I don't think so. I don't think we should intervene in Liberia either.
Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 8:28 PM Subject: Re: US threatens Caribbean Countries > 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 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 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
