Replying to a message of JOHNJWILSON to EARL CROASMUN:


 J> -> By itself that is meaningless, since the Convention has no
 J> enforcement -> in it.  Each country is supposed to pass laws that
 J> incorporate the -> convention into that country's domestic law.  The
 J> US has done that, and -> it is now a part of the US Code.  The
 J> nutcases who are hoping that some -> foreign country will prosecute
 J> Cheney seem unaware of that fact. - My reading of Art. 6 seems to
 J> differ. Treaties signed ARE law. Am I mistaken?

Nope.  The only reason people think other countries - or the ICC - should
prosecute US war criminals is the fact that the US justice system will not.

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