[terilyn]

Did any of you read the article or did you just read the headline and the first paragraph:

Read on:

"The new draft U.S. resolution asks the court for a 12-month exemption from investigation or prosecution of peacekeepers and "expresses the intention to renew the request ... for further 12 month periods for as long as may be necessary."

Translate that to: For as long as we're expected to be the police force for the world.

[tomahawk]

We don't need Eurotrash or UN permission for an exemption. We should exempt ourselves. That's all.

[MissAmericanPie]

"The new draft U.S. resolution asks the court for a 12-month exemption from investigation or prosecution of peacekeepers and "expresses the intention to renew the request ... for further 12 month periods for as long as may be necessary."

Oh for sure he won't cave on that, naw, that there is sure something we can rely on...set in concrete that is...no caving on this one, nope, no worries here, that's the line in the sand, the tumb in the dike, the cornerstone of the arch, unless of course he caves on this and we need to move the line back for him in order to excuse EVERYTHING he caves on.

[goldstategop]

Its not enough. A future President sympathetic to the ICC can simply cease asking for an exemption. Congress has to write a ban of the ICC's jurisdiction on ANY American into law so another President won't be able to claim that America's abeyance from the ICC Treaty was just a policy decision of his predecessor.

[demlosers]

"The new draft U.S. resolution asks the court for a 12-month exemption from investigation or prosecution of peacekeepers and "expresses the intention to renew the request ... for further 12 month periods for as long as may be necessary."

Your right terilyn
This clause, "The further 12 month period for as long as may be necessary" is another way of veto'ing the ICC forever with what we may not agree with. In essence, Bush hasn't given anything to the U.N., he just giving those Globalist a way of saving face.

The knee-jerkers on this thread should withhold judgement until the fat lady sings.