Posted on 09/23/2013 2:13:22 PM PDT by ColdOne
The Obama administration remained mum Monday on whether it will grant a visa to accused war criminal and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who wants to address the U.N. General Assembly session in New York that begins this week.
Bashir told reporters over the weekend that he's booked a New York City hotel and plans to fly into the United States via Morocco, following the State Department confirming last week that he has indeed applied for a visa.
Bashir's wishes have put the U.S. government in a tricky and troubling situation. The Sudanese leader has been indicted by the International Criminal Court in connection with the killing of thousands in Sudan's western province of Darfur. The coordinated campaign of killings is widely considered a textbook genocide -- the Sudanese government has been accused of working with armed militias to systemically kill non-Arab residents.
The ICC has already asked the U.S. to cooperate, should Bashir come to the United States, in connection with the arrest warrants filed against him in 2009 and 2010.
But the United States is also not a party to the ICC. And the government may instead be obligated to issue Bashir his visa despite his gory past.
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Move the UN to Zimbabwe.
Give him the visa and then promptly arrest him.
Mogadishu.
Being a dictator/terrorist means never having to say you’re sorry.
The decision isn’t difficult at all. The man is responsible for thousands of Christians being put to death.
Well, then, 0bama will probably have some reception to honor the guy.
Promise him diplomatic immunity and then arrest him anyway. If it was OK for Pinochet...
Move the UN to Zimbabwe.
Mogadishu.
I believe both of your proposed sites are are still to idyllic for the the UN.
Perhaps one of Obama’s ‘could-have-been’ sons will shoot Bashir in the head as soon as he exits the aircraft.
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