would be a great thing to do considering Bush's withdrawal by proclamation was illegal.
On Feb 11, 12:50 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > From: *Travis* > Date: Wed, Feb 11, 2009 > Subject: Obama May Place US Under International Criminal Court > > http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=30632 > > Obama May Place U.S. Under International Criminal Court > by Thomas P. Kilgannon (more by this author) > Posted 02/10/2009 ET > > Waterboarding. Abu Ghraib. Detaining terrorists at Guantanamo Bay. Dissing > Hans Blix. These, as seen by the Left, are the cardinal sins of George W. > Bush's administration. Set aside the fraternity party-like nonsense that > took place at Abu Ghraib and what's left are actions taken to protect U.S. > interests. > > But self-loathing Americans whose minds are confined in the cult of > globalism don't see it that way. Each of these "offenses" has at least one > thing in common: they hurt the feelings of foreigners. Insensitivity to the > outside world, U.S. internationalists argue, is a stain on Uncle Sam's > reputation from which we must repent. > > With that in mind, one more "offense" must be included in the list of Bush's > sins. It occurred May 6, 2002, when John Bolton, on orders from the > President, withdrew the U.S. from the Rome Statute of the International > Criminal Court (ICC). Oh, there were terrible tantrums in Turtle Bay that > day! Globalists were dismayed because Mr. Bush's rejection of the ICC was a > vote for American sovereignty -- a refusal to cede authority to > international government and a court that is not bound to the principles of > the U.S. Constitution, far less our laws. > > That could change under the Obama administration. > > Two weeks ago, hope returned to the House of Hammarskjold when U.S. > Ambassador Susan Rice, in a closed Security Council meeting, voiced support > for the ICC. She said it "looks to become an important and credible > instrument for trying to hold accountable the senior leadership responsible > for atrocities committed in the Congo, Uganda and Darfur." > > The mere mention of the International Criminal Court by the U.S. Permanent > Representative drew her colleagues' attention. "What she said on human > rights and international law I could have written myself," French ambassador > Jean-Maurice Ripert told Bloomberg News. Costa Rica's Jorge Urbina said > Rice's speech "raises expectations" that the United States will submit to > the authority of the ICC. > > Urbina is on point. Sen. Obama said little about the ICC during his campaign > for the White House. But in his first weeks as President, his actions speak > less to constituents in Peoria and the Bronx than to admirers in Paris and > Brussels. Obama's trans-American constituent service includes his decision > to shutter "Gitmo" and grant his first presidential interview with Al > Arabiya television. > > In his inauguration speech, Obama declared that "America is ready to lead > once more." He said American power "does [not] entitle us to do as we > please." In the parlance of the Left, these suggest submission to > international authority, which was raised again last week when Ben Chang, > spokesman for National Security Advisor General James Jones, echoed Rice's > comments about the Court. In the context of an ICC indictment for Sudanese > President Omar Bashir, Chang told the Washington Times, "We support the ICC > in its pursuit of those who've perpetrated war crimes." > > So, what will ICC engagement mean for the United States? To answer that, one > must read "A Strategy for U.S. Engagement with the International Criminal > Court," written by David Scheffer and John Hutson and issued by the Century > Foundation. Scheffer was instrumental in the formation of the ICC and served > as Ambassador at Large for War Crimes in the Clinton administration. Hutson > was the Navy's Judge Advocate General from 1997-2000. > > The report is stunning in its frankness, heartbreaking in its eagerness to > sacrifice American citizens for some nebulous "global good." The authors' > complaints begin with the Bush administration's unwillingness to subject > Americans to ICC indictments. They explain: > > Any path toward support of the ICC will require examining long-standing > concerns about the exposure of U.S. military service personnel and American > political and military leaders to the court, whether or not the United > States is a state party to the Rome Statute. (emphasis added) > > A cornerstone of the ICC is that its jurisdiction extends only to those > nations that ratify the Rome Statute. By subjecting the U.S. to the ICC even > as a non-participant, the authors have turned the Rome Statute into a > "living document." It should be noted that the ICC itself is doing the same. > Last week, Lois Morena Oncampo launched an investigation to determine if > Israel can be prosecuted for attacks on Gaza. Israel is not a party to the > ICC. > > Scheffer and Hutson continue, stating the implications to the U.S. > > "If the United States were to join the ICC," they write, "one would have to > accept at least the theoretical possibility that American citizens > (particularly political and military leaders) could be prosecuted before the > ICC on charges of committing atrocity crimes." And without the protections > afforded by Constitutional and laws. > > What do Scheffer and Hutson mean when they suggest U.S. "political leaders" > can be prosecuted by the ICC for "atrocity crimes"? 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