To: tomakaze, steve50
tomakaze:
It's also worth noting that Bush the Younger made no attempt to get out of it.
steve50:
Bush must be sure he can control it from touching the neocons, he passed on his chance to preserve the Constitutional rights of American citizens.
World Net Daily:
As late as Monday there were reports that President Bush had sought means to retract the signature of former president Clinton, who signed the treaty on his last day in office.
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Key European allies have accused the Bush administration's refusal to support the court as an example of U.S. "unilateralism" in an interdependent world.
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Several U.S. allies, notably Canada, have urged the Bush administration to support the court as a means to hold genocidal tyrants accountable for their crimes.
I must be missing something here. The article seems to make it quite clear that Bush does not agree with the court, and is trying to find a way to retract the signature of Clinton. Are we reading the same article?
To: VRWC_Member428
Yes, we are. It's my understanding he has the Constitutional authority to remove the signature. So I can't understand what he's looking for, unless he just needs the court to have credibility until it's done with Milosevic.
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04/13/2002 4:36:40 AM PDT by
steve50
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