EU, ICC and US and lunacy
The EU is in the final stage to granting US citizens immunity from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
ABC NewsOnline
Washington would have to guarantee that any Americans suspected of war crimes would be tried at home.
The agreements would not be reciprocal, so the ICC would not exempt Europeans from prosecution.
For one, this is unnecessary. The ICC is only evoked when the country of
citizenship refuses to prosecute an alleged war crime. In the US we generally
are zealous to right any wrong and prosecute crimes in a judicious manner. This
is a country of law, and will be for a while. Just look at the uproar over this mother, and the outrage it caused. The pressure that the Bush
Administration is putting on this issue alone is baffling, and frankly is not
the course we need to take when trying to build a war coalition for an uncalled-
for war.
Washington would have to guarantee that any Americans suspected of war crimes would be tried at home.
The agreements would not be reciprocal, so the ICC would not exempt Europeans from prosecution.
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