Replying to a message of Gene McAloon to Thees Peereboom:

 GM> From: Gene McAloon 

 GM> On Fri, 16 May 2003 21:25:17 +0200, Thees Peereboom
 GM>  wrote:

 >> A few months, maybe a year ago, US Congress signed a
 >> law that allowed the US to invade any country in which
 >> US citizens were brought to trial for supposed warcrimes.
 >> The direct reason of this law was the founding of the
 >> International Court for War Crimes in The Hague. The
 >> United States were one of the few countries that didn't
 >> ratify the treaty that was the basis of this International Court.

 GM> Thees,

 GM> If you had specifically mentioned the new international court I
 GM> wouldn't have questioned what you said.

 GM> Yes, Congress did pass a law or was that a resolution?
 GM>  I don't remember.

I don't either.

 GM> Either way, it was as farce.

Noting the recent behavior of the regime in DC, don't count on that.

 GM> Were Iran or Saudi Arabia, for example, to charge
 GM> American soldiers with war crimes, does anyone
 GM> really believe the US would invade either country?
 GM> Were some judge in Belgium or Spain were to do so,
 GM> does anyone see any possibility of the US invading
 GM> those countries? I think not.

This administration would.  In a heartbeat.

It occurs to me that the way to (hopefully) forestall such
an action would be to publicly state that any attempt to 
invade or use covert agents to 'rescue' those prisoners would
result in the immediate execution of those prisoners in their
cells.  Also the immediate execution of any covert agents
apprehended and a denial of Geneva Convention rights to any invading military force.



 GM> Congress was blustering as it often does. Forget
 GM> that nonsensical law/resolution.

Forget it at your peril.

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