"Torsten Brinch" wrote in message
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On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 17:11:32 GMT, (Charles Hawtrey)
wrote:

The ICC is noble in principle but unworkable in practice. The guilty
can easily evade justice by having sham trials in their own countries,
while well-meaning peacekeepers will be subject to an endless
annoyance of frivolous prosecutions.

No, that's a misunderstanding. The ICC was set up exactly to avoid
that kind of impunity, by giving the ICC the ultimate jurisdiction.

Otoh, by officially refusing to sign and indeed fighting the ICC bully
tooth and claw, the Bush Administration is saying loud and clear to
the world, that -it- would refuse to surrender an American suspect to
the ICC even if the Court found the U.S. investigation or prosecution
to have been a complete sham.

In essence, US reaction to the establishment of an International
Criminal Court has been to try to force through the establishment of
international law as one for American citizens -- and another for the
rest of the world. It is a classic case of American double standards,
easy to see for the rest of us, but strangely invisible to Americans.

Your problem is that you picked the wrong goat herd to follow and will live
with resentment for your remaining days.

The Americans are doing quite fine, thank you. At long last we have a man at
the helm that will curb the free hand outs and say back off to many of the
world's shills. Is your little bunch on the Excrement Cut List too?

Right now I must join some folks in a very pleasant afternoon of remembrance
and celebration.

Take care

James Curts