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In reply to the discussion: IF USA Cares About Int'l War Crimes Law-We Would Do Better By Delivering Cheney To The Hague-Instead [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)51. If you know how it works, explain
Ocampo got 240 letters, looked into it, found he could not have a case. Turns out the US is not even in the ICC jurisdiction.
So the demands for "war crime" prosecution will have to be limited to US statutory law.
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IF USA Cares About Int'l War Crimes Law-We Would Do Better By Delivering Cheney To The Hague-Instead [View all]
kpete
Aug 2013
OP
It would have far more meaning, IMHO, if our own DoJ prosecuted Cheney and other
HardTimes99
Aug 2013
#48
And yet, the entire world (except for Russia and China) expect us to doing something
FSogol
Aug 2013
#31
For using Chemical Weapons in Fallujah alone. The number of babies being born
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#23
One can use the same arguments vis-a-vis Bush/Cheney war crimes and Assad's alleged use of CW
Maedhros
Aug 2013
#27