(March 18, 2013 at 1:07 pm)The Germans are coming Wrote: I think the united states never signed the UN resolution which gave the high court for human rights the right to trial americans.
So in the end, there is no hypocracy coming from the US when it doesnt send Rumsfeld and dumbo to the Hague.
The hypocracy is that there havent been investigations into the matter within the US.
If not at the Hague, than certainly in Washington, DC. They've committed crimes against the Constitution. Our constitution protects human rights universally, not just for American citizens. It says "no person" shall be illegally detained or denied the right to a speedy and fair trial and "no person" shall be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment.
But as Min has said, the powers that be don't want to see prosecution of criminal behavior, whether criminal is defined by our national laws and constitution or by international code. Prosecution against one party can be turned on another tomorrow and there's enough corruption going around that both sides seem to have agreed to mutually look the other way.
Quote:It is called hypocrisy and most Americans are quite comfortable with that.
Or oblivious.
For example, I wasn't aware that we hadn't agreed to prosecute our own international criminals or turn them over to the UN until TGAC pointed it out.
"International law for thee but not for me".
Yeah, I'm not comfortable with that at all.
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