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UNREAL. Obama May Allow US Soldiers to be Tried in the Hague
Gateway Pundit ^
| 11/28/09
| Gateway Pundit
Posted on 11/27/2009 9:08:57 PM PST by American Dream 246
Unreal. Team Obama may allow US soldiers to be tried in the Hague for war crimes. The Wall Street Journal reported, via Jihad Watch:
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed great regret in August that the U.S. is not a signatory to the International Criminal Court (ICC). This has fueled speculation that the Obama administration may reverse another Bush policy and sign up for what could lead to the trial of Americans for war crimes in The Hague.
The ICCs chief prosecutor, though, has no intention of waiting for Washington to submit to the courts authority. Luis Moreno Ocampo says he already has jurisdictionat least with respect to Afghanistan.
Because Kabul in 2003 ratified the Rome Statutethe ICCs founding treatyall soldiers on Afghan territory, even those from nontreaty countries, fall under the ICCs oversight, Mr. Ocampo told me. And the chief prosecutor says he is already conducting a preliminary examination into whether NATO troops, including American soldiers, fighting the Taliban may have to be put in the dock.
We have to check if crimes against humanity, war crimes or genocide have been committed in Afghanistan, Mr. Ocampo told me. There are serious allegations against the Taliban and al Qaeda and serious allegations about warlords, even against some who are connected with members of the government. Taking up his inquiry of Allied soldiers, he added, there are different reports about problems with bombings and there are also allegations about torture.
It was clear who the targets of these particular inquiries are but the chief prosecutor shied away from spelling it out.
Asked repeatedly whether the examination of bombings and torture allegations refers to NATO and U.S. soldiers, Mr. Ocampo finally stated that we are investigating whoever commits war crimes, including the group you mentioned.
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To: American Dream 246
They can only try us if we let them.
341
posted on
11/28/2009 1:10:28 PM PST
by
The Anti-One
(So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.)
To: Travis McGee
I just fervently hope that a bunch of higher ups, middle guys and the lower echelons in the military are taking note of this and making plans.
342
posted on
11/28/2009 1:10:29 PM PST
by
little jeremiah
(Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
To: Cindy
“Luis Moreno Ocampo says he already has jurisdictionat least with respect to Afghanistan.”
This bastard needs to be told in no uncertain terms that ANY move by him to prosecute or abduct an American soldier for said prosecution will lead to his untimely expiration.
To: The Anti-One
How ould WE stop them from trying our military in an ICC court?
I am appalled and disgusted by the number of people I know who think this is a fine idea, that we should be part of the international community and our soliders should be subject to their laws.
odumbo isn’t alone in thinking this is percectly fine.
So we have odumbo, MSM, majorities in senate house and judicials plus many people who think this is great and have no clue why it isn’t
we are close to being screwed. No election will change this
To: American Dream 246
Toll alert.
I do not intend to get into a flame war with you.
This is the last warning, go away.
345
posted on
11/28/2009 1:22:39 PM PST
by
R0CK3T
To: HKMk23; Yorktownpatriot; Ptriot1; txhurl; justiceseeker93; melancholy; Jim Robinson; Syncro
Thank you very much for this most excellent post!
IF THIS ADMINISTRATION OR ANY ADMINISTRATION DARES EXPOSE EVEN THE LEAST AMONG THESE HALLOWED AMERICANS TO THE ABUSES OF THE ICC, THIS FOREIGN MOCKERY OF A COURT; IF THAT ACT IS NOT THE TRIGGER THEN THERE IS NO TRIGGER, AND AMREICA IS TRULY DEAD.
Amen!
346
posted on
11/28/2009 1:30:18 PM PST
by
Just A Nobody
( (Better Dead than RED! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA))
To: Dawgreg
I wish. The Recall process is a state thing and only some allow it. An elected official could be recalled for simple mismanagement. Federally, impeachment is possible but only if a law is broken.
347
posted on
11/28/2009 1:33:41 PM PST
by
topfile
To: R0CK3T
Toll alert. I do not intend to get into a flame war with you. This is the last warning, go away.
Huh...???
To: HKMk23
We haven’t hit bottom yet. Unfortuneatly, it looks like that’s what its gonna take.
349
posted on
11/28/2009 1:41:14 PM PST
by
devistate one four
(Back by popular demand: America love or leave it (GTFOOMC) TET68)
To: grumpygresh
“incite someone on the right to fire up the Reichstag..”
or in this case, his buddy jihadis and Congress...
350
posted on
11/28/2009 1:46:49 PM PST
by
PIF
To: manc
Two friends today, when I asked them what they thought of the president's latest, thought I was talking about the party crashers. It struck me that the gorgeous blonde appearing on the front pages was no accident. It took precedence in the popular mind over something about an international court which is let's see dangerous exactly how?
We have the most manipulative president conceivable by man.
To: American Dream 246
Obama, more concerned with how the rest of the terrorist nations view America than with our own troops. Impeach the treasonous fool.
Tom Coburn for President/Commander in Chief
To: American Dream 246
THE PEOPLE will not put up with this.
353
posted on
11/28/2009 2:30:33 PM PST
by
crunk
To: AKA Elena
” It is time we force Congress to put a stop to the Anti-American Movement ... “
hell, they are a big part of it
To: pctech
A busted knee and two busted shoulders helped my decision, but I did the same as you, in '96. Every time I saw that SOB's Chain of Command picture in the hallway outside the orderly room, I wanted to puke.
It's got to be 20x worse for the guys these days...a flippin' Commie Muslim Kenyan imposter, illegally serving as CinC. And they can't say a single word about it, 'cause to do so would get them busted for disrespecting the Chain of Command. At least we can bitch about it...our brothers and sisters in uniform can't even do that!
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
355
posted on
11/28/2009 2:45:20 PM PST
by
wku man
(Who says conservatives don't rock? Go to www.myspace.com/rockfromtheright)
To: crunk
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.
An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly.
But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.
For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men.
He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist.
A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Ancient Roman Lawyer, Writer, Scholar, Orator and Statesman)
To: firebrand
357
posted on
11/28/2009 3:32:04 PM PST
by
manc
(Marriage is between a man and a woman, end of. -end racism end affirmative action)
To: American Dream 246
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."
Samuel Adams, speech at the Philadelphia State House on August 1, 1776.
To: nahanrac
I suspect this is what she thought and meant with her comments.
Am I the only one still wondering WTF was this all about?
And no, I'm not a BDSer. I miss him everyday.
359
posted on
11/28/2009 3:38:43 PM PST
by
txhurl
To: Just A Nobody
Precisely what is in the book written in 2005. The only way the CIA recruits them is because they have already infiltrated deeply everywhere. So a terrorist hires a terrorist.
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