In a Parallel Universe Called 'What If' (Kerry elected, Kofi Annan says Bush to be tried by ICC)

Town Hall ^ | April 10, 2004 | Kathleen Parker [Tribune Media Services]

[texasflower]

Nicely done article. How true all of that would be.

[navyblue]

Only one problem with this scenario. The United States has not signed on to the ICC therefore it is not subject to it.

The Court does claim that even if a state has not signed on to it that it can be subject to it. Them claiming something and enforcing it may be completely different.

I'm not a big GWB fan, but I'll give credit when I think it's due. He was right in telling the UN to shove it.

[Sir Gawain]

Weird, similar article, "Alternative History":

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1114649/posts

[navyblue]

This may look like fantasy but Reuters ran an article on 1/21/04 on iol.com. A group from Britain, Ireland, France and Canada was investigating to see if they could build a case with the ICC against Tony Blair for Britains use of cluster bombs in Iraq.

The group was lamenting that they could not go against Bush because the United States was not signed onto the Rome treaty.

[jocon307]

Huh, I noitced the similarity too. Great minds think alike!

[GeronL]

Parallel Universe??, thats THIS universe if Kerry wins

[Graymatter]

Great mind check-in...

On 3/3004 I posted, "The president looks like he just got this message from HRC: 'Sooner or later the Democrats will be back in power. Now or later, Kerry or...someone else...and when we are, the first order of business will be to prosecute you. And we don't care what for.' I do believe they will not be satisfied merely by replacing him with a Democrat. The animosity is too personal, too specific. They want to take him down and lock him up..."

[Salman]

bump

[F16Fighter]

How about THIS "Parallel Universe":

-- The UN is told to vacant its NYC location, with the official word from the new Bush Administration being "Since the UN has repeatedly proven to be a corrupt and ineffective leftist anti-American organization, the U.S. rejects it as a sham."

-- There is a an official press conference indicting Kofi Annon not only for collaborating with terrorist oraganization, but for skimming millions from coffers. Suddenly Kofi is found as a victim of "Unfortunate and unknown circumstances."

-- John Kerry is indicted for "war crimes against humanity" and sentenced to flogging in Vietnam

-- ALL Democrats are locked up and deported as traitors and shipped to the South Pole with only Al Franken and Michael Moore books to use as "fuel"....

That's just for starters.

[jocon307]

"They want to take him down and lock him up..."

Like Rush Limbaugh. The dems are really losing it. They are in melt down. It's going to continue to be very ugly.

[eggman]

Just one more part needs to be added to this story.

Shortly after starting his speech, a plane struck the tower. President-elect Kerry and thousands of innocent people were killed when the tower fell. The media immediately blamed President Bush for causing this tragedy by making the terrorists mad at us. If it weren't for his foolish invasion of Afghanistan they would have just left us alone. Now he has created a thousand more bin Ladens that it will take at least another 8 years of Democrat leadership to make peace with them again.

[JimRed]

I do believe they will not be satisfied merely by replacing him with a Democrat. The animosity is too personal, too specific. They want to take him down and lock him up..."

Much as we would have liked to do with his the slick one...

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

Bump for later

[tkmorris]

So, the idea here is that even if Bush knew what was coming he shouldn't have pre-empted it because to do so would hurt him politically?

That is abhominable and i cannot believe you suggest it. I believe that the duty of a President is to protect the American people even if it means facing the wrath of those same people for the action. Do you not?

[maica]

The final paragraph of this brilliant article is simply breathtaking.

In a flourish of irony and the spirit of bon vivant for which the new president is widely known, Kerry gave his acceptance speech from Windows on the World, the elegant restaurant atop the World Trade Center's Tower One.

Do Townhall articles have to be excerpted?

[samtheman]

I'm not a big GWB fan, but I'll give credit when I think it's due.

Why not?

[EveningStar]

ping

[quidnunc]

maica wrote: Do Townhall articles have to be excerpted?

According to copyright laws virtually every copyrighted article must be excerpted.

In this case, even though it is published in Town Hall, the copyright holder is Tribune Media Services, which is included in FR's lawsuit settlement with the WP/LAT.