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| Congress Seeks to Curb International Court |
| 2004-11-27 |
| The Republican-controlled Congress has stepped up its campaign to curtail the power of the International Criminal Court, threatening to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in economic aid to governments that refuse to sign immunity accords shielding U.S. personnel from being surrendered to the tribunal. The move marks an escalation in U.S. efforts to ensure that the first world criminal court can never judge American citizens for crimes committed overseas. More than two years ago, Congress passed the American Servicemembers' Protection Act, which cut millions of dollars in military assistance to many countries that would not sign the Article 98 agreements, as they are known, that vow not to transfer to the court U.S. nationals accused of committing war crimes abroad... "Republican-controlled Congress..." Is the WaPo implying that democrats would allow American soldiers to be tried with war crimes by other countries? |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #3 Billy-boy did sign it but he knew better than to submit it to the Senate, especially after the Senate knocked down any consideration of the Kyoto accord on a 95-0 vote. I think he didn't want the same thing to happen to the ICC. While I have no love for the left-hand wing of the Donks, there are still a number of reasonable voices there, and I don't think the ICC would get 20 votes in the Senate. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-11-27 12:10:26 PM |
| #2 Well, Clinton did sign it - and Bush promptly negated the agreement, so uh, yeah - Donks love the ICC and think it's peachy-keen to have unaccountable EuroJudges plying their various Gov't's politics with the lives of American soldiers... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-11-27 11:35:06 AM |
| #1 "Republican-controlled Congress." That has a nice ring to it. I like it. |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-11-27 11:29:02 AM |