The US is in no way saying the law against genocide doesn't apply to us. We are saying that no other institution can take jurisdiction over the US in matters of deployed US military personnel. Individual soldiers are held by US military code, and cannot be held by any international group.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 11:42 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: US threatens Caribbean Countries > > > without our money. It's a decision on your part. How is what we are > doing > > in this instance wrong. morally or legally? Should we not expect some > > return on our investment? > > The US isn't saying "be nice to our local interests" which might be a > reasonable quid pro quo. It's saying "the law against genocide does not > apply to us." Apart from the arrogance of the position, it makes one > wonder > why the US thinks it is at risk of being charged with war crimes... > > Dana > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
