Posted on 06/12/2007 6:01:28 PM PDT by Mike Bates
The State Department's top legal adviser told international lawyers on June 6 that President Bush is so committed to the primacy of international law that he has taken his home state of Texas to court on behalf of a group of Mexican killers. The Mexicans had been sentenced to death for murdering U.S. citizens, including young children.
John B. Bellinger III, legal adviser to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, cited the case, Mexico v. United States of America, in trying to convince the attorneys that the administration is doing what it can to enforce international law in U.S. courts.
In the case, Bush has come down on the same side as the U.N.'s International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ruled 14-1 on behalf of Mexico against the U.S. The ICJ was headed at the time by a judge from communist China, who also ruled against the U.S.
Bellinger's audience was gathered at The Hague, a city in the Netherlands which is home to over 100 international organizations, including the U.N.'s International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court.
Sworn in as the Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State on April 8, 2005, Bellinger is described by the State Department as "the principal adviser on all domestic and international law matters to the Department of State, the Foreign Service, and the diplomatic and consular posts abroad."
The Bellinger speech, designed to convince the pro-U.N. globalists in attendance that Bush is really on their side, should have been big news. Not only did he praise Bush for coming down on the side of foreign killers of Americans, in a major court case with international implications, but he demonstrated how far the administration is prepared to go to impress the "international community."
In a major disclosure, Bellinger said. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at aim.org ...
Early onset Alzheimer’s?
Send this one to O’Reilly.
I urge you all to read the entire article on this thread. You have no idea how bad this thing really is until you do.
In all seriousness, maybe he had a nervous breakdown and is being handled. He is not the same man we elected. He is so obsessed that he can't see any other reality.
Reminds me of Moby Dick.
>Early onset Alzheimers<
Oh, thank you. I think some of his problems are coming out of a bottle again. There was definite slurring in a speech he gave two weeks ago. :o(
I did. Thanks.
This reminds me of the movie “Dave”. Maybe he is not well after all.
Who is this guy and what did he do with my President?
...yer right, there is not much left of our constitution, or republic. it has become obtuse... fill in a million adjectives...
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