Another Neocon Big Lie -- International Criminal Court Veto

http://www.state.gov/t/us/rm/25818.htm

Those of us working in the domain of human rights were dismayed and puzzled by the Bush administration's adamant refusal to permit the U.S. to join the International Criminal Court back before it launched its assault on Iraq -- and moreover its threats to others who had the temerity to join it themselves. Their ostensive reasons were totally false, namely that our military and other personnel might be placed at risk by some terrorist organization that took upon itself to prosecute alleged American criminals. Such could not have happened for two obvious reasons:

1) the Court can only prosecute wrong doers when a nation has refused to do so itself: http://www.icc-cpi.int/home.html

2) no nation was likely to balk the one and only superpower by insisting on unilateral trials of its citizens.

What is now manifest is that at the very time John Bolton, our present UN representative, was making his pitch against the ICC to the Heritage Foundation (See first website above), Bush, Rumsfeld, Gonzalez (now U.S. Attorney General, then White House Counsel recommending torture as an ok practice) were plotting violations of international law -- including torture (Abu Ghraib), extraordinary rendition, holding people indefinitely without charges (Guantanamo) et al.

All of these and undoubtedly others deserve indictment and prosecution for crimes against humanity -- and will be so judged by history, if not during their current terms of office.

The crows are coming home to roost:

U.S. Should Close Prison in Cuba, U.N. Panel Says
By TIM GOLDEN
The panel's criticism came as military officials at
Guantánamo disclosed the most serious disturbances by
prisoners there since the camp opened.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/20/world/americas/20torture.html?th&emc=th

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Murtha report on U.S. Troop Slaughter in Iraq:

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2006/05/now-murtha-blames-marines-for-mass.html
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