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2004-10-05 International-UN-NGOs

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Posted by JerseyMike 2004-10-05 8:41:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 U.S. citizen are entitled to a jury trial. Not a trial by a pannel of judges. Fark Kofi and the horse he rode in on. The ICC is incompatable with the US Bill of Rights. No US money to support iut not one dime.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-10-05 9:16:51 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2004-10-05 9:16:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 1 U.S. citizen are entitled to a jury trial. Not a trial by a pannel of judges. Fark Kofi and the horse he rode in on. The ICC is incompatable with the US Bill of Rights. No US money to support ~~iut~~ it not one dime.

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Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-10-05 9:18:01 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2004-10-05 9:18:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 That's why the leaders of Sudan, the perpetrators of one the world's worst ongoing massacres and ethnic cleansing, are under indictment by the UN and ICC. What? Only silence from the ICC, support from the UN and the models of justice France, China, and Russia? Nevermind.

Posted by ed 2004-10-05 9:32:42 AM|| 2004-10-05 9:32:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I used to advocate moving the U.N. out of New York and into Paris. No more. Now I advocate rounding up all U.N. officials/diplomats/workers with foreign passports and deporting them to their countries of origin, then leveling the buildings. No transition plan.

Posted by Tom 2004-10-05 9:35:02 AM|| 2004-10-05 9:35:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 just guessing that, while a fair and accurate description, 'Kofi "America hating bunghole" Annan' may not have been in the original CNN article...

Posted by Frank G 2004-10-05 9:39:37 AM|| 2004-10-05 9:39:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Tom, Level the building then salt the earth upon which it stood. Then use it for a sewage treatment plant.

My guess is that Kerry would sign onto the ICC in a heartbeat (global test and all). We need to tell people that this would remove the bill of rights.

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-10-05 9:45:39 AM|| 2004-10-05 9:45:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 ABA Journal: The International Criminal Court has been in existence for more than two years. Under what circumstances would you ask the Senate to ratify the 1998 Rome Statute that created the ICC? Short of ratification, what should the relationship between the ICC and the United States be?

Bush: Submission to the jurisdiction of the ICC would put our troops and officials at unacceptable risk of politically motivated prosecutions. For this reason, when President Clinton signed the ICC treaty, he explicitly stated that the treaty would have to be altered significantly before the United States could consider joining it. The reforms necessary to protect our troops have not yet been instituted, and until they are, no president should consider sending the treaty to the Senate for ratification.

I believe that every country is obligated to take action against persons subject to their jurisdiction who violate fundamental forms of international law. Where countries are not able to do so, specific international tribunals can be formed to hold individuals to account, like in The Hague tribunal that is now hearing the prosecution of Slobodan Milosevic. We are now working with countries around the world to sign Article 98 agreements. These agreements, allowed under the Rome Statute, would protect U.S. nationals by not allowing them to be surrendered to the ICC without the consent of the U.S. government. I believe this solution will provide needed protections for our personnel while respecting other countriesâ desire to join the ICC.

Kerry: The Bush administration needlessly alienated our friends and allies by its ham-handed approach to the issue of the International Criminal Court. My administration will carefully consider the full range of U.S. interests at stake with respect to the court as we review our policy and fashion a more constructive approach.

On one hand, there's a well thought out response from GW.

Then there's Kerry's position...bent over kissing our collective ass good bye!

Posted by RN 2004-10-05 9:50:55 AM|| 2004-10-05 9:50:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 What part of "bite me" didn't you monkeys understand?

Posted by mojo 2004-10-05 11:27:23 AM|| 2004-10-05 11:27:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Amen Mojo, Amen! How many nano-seconds do you think it will take before some LLL files some stupid charge against any number of U.S. citizens if they were bound by this Kangaroo Court. No offense meant toward our Australian cousins.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2004-10-05 12:28:48 PM|| 2004-10-05 12:28:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 How do you say 'bite me!' in European?

Posted by SteveS 2004-10-05 3:01:09 PM|| 2004-10-05 3:01:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Bite Me!

Dutch = Bijt me

German = BeiÃen Sie mich

Greek = Με δαγκώστε

Italian = Mordalo

Russian = Сдержите меня

And last but not leastâ¦

French = Mordez-moi

Posted by RN 2004-10-05 3:12:35 PM|| 2004-10-05 3:12:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Hey, that's great, Kofi. Does this mean we've got a venue for those Oil for Palaces trials that'll be coming up soon? Think your kid will like the Netherlands?
Hello? Hello?

Posted by tu3031 2004-10-05 3:16:58 PM|| 2004-10-05 3:16:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 UN, Kofi : Take this "World Court" and stuff it up your quiche!

Posted by BigEd 2004-10-05 7:38:47 PM|| 2004-10-05 7:38:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 en espanol: no quiero "biting" -

'Chupa Me Nacionales Unidos'

Posted by Frank G 2004-10-05 7:40:58 PM|| 2004-10-05 7:40:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Back away from the Cabra, Frank...

Posted by mojo 2004-10-05 9:47:56 PM|| 2004-10-05 9:47:56 PM|| Front Page Top

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