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And an extremely large part of that 80% is the United States...
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That was not what I was referring to, and you know it. I'm referring to third-world countries.
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There is no international law? I guess the people at the international court of justice are just making things up in the war crime tribunals?
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We do not recognize that "court" of "justice." It is a politically motivated instrument to get some control over the U.S. justice system. What exactly is wrong with our own courts? Why go after Tony Blair and George W. Bush, but Saddam, Mugabe, and the guy from North Korea is free? It is a farce. So, NO international law (we are a sovereign nation), and no "court" of "justice."
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Geneva Convention?
Not for the people at Guantanamo Bay, as they are not prisoners of war, but illegal combatants, cought in the war on terrorism.
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Please. Like Saddam adhered to the Geneva Conventions. But I don't see you go after him. Hmmm, I wonder why? Could it be that ...?
Which of these conventions did the United States break, by the way?
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Never mind the world is going to pots, blame the Chinese, Indonesians, Brazilians for burning trees. The US is per capita one of the largest contributors to Greenhouse gases but you can't be bothered to so anything about it, for fear of the economy.
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Kyoto is a socialist system designed to take money away from first world nations and send it to third-world dicators' pockets. We have no interest in that.
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And to top it off, you will not be held accountable for possible warcrimes committed by your soldiers.
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I guarantee you a soldier guilty of misconduct will be tried before a military tribunal. There is no need for the rest of the world to appoint themselves as judges over us.
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As a special court is being set up in The Hague
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First problem. Lovely little self-appointment of the European Union, wouldn't you say?
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to deal with war crimes anywhere in the world
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Provided the "crimes" are commited by an American or other person of the western world (Saddam, Mugabe, and the other dictators can be overlooked because they are the greatest humanitarians in history.)
Damn right.
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and use your wealth to coerce developing countries into signing treaties saying they won't deliver your soldiers to this court.
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Coerce? We simply ask them to sign a treaty with us. What is wrong with that?
OH WAIT!!!! It isn't approved by the Europeans! How CAN we do something without Europe's approval?!!!
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Covering your back for another unjust war for personal gain?
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The majority of Iraqis are going to disagree with you on this "unjust" part.
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Surely, you feel that war crimes must be prosecuted. Why not if they're committed by Americans?
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You're making an assumption that we don't prosecute war crimes. We do, unless you can provide conclusive proof that it is U.S. policy not to. In any case, I find it mildly amusing how you liberals are so concerned about us Americans, but Mugabe's little humanitarian missions in Africa is A-OK.