Reply #17: This is so important, from this section of your post, thanks again... [View All]

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Dodd speaks of the importance of the Nuremburg trials in establishing the rule of law as an international concept:

"They understood that the ability of the United States to help bring about a world of peace and justice was rooted not in our military might alone but our moral authority… Our ability to succeed in spreading values of freedom and democracy and human rights would only be as effective as our own willingness to uphold them…"

And this from a recent Kucinich interview

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1796829&mesg_id=1796838

a snip>>

"I'm saying that we have to follow international law. We cannot get into a kind of international vigilantism. We have to unite this country in the sense of upholding the law. We must join the international criminal court because our officials must equally be accountable to the law."