skipper7
05-10-2004, 09:07 PM
NOT ACCOUNTABLE!
ATROCITIES IN IRAQ AND OUR WITHDRAWAL FROM
THE WORLD COURT
TvNewsLies - May, 2004
George W. Bush, upon taking office in 2001, immediately began a systematic withdrawal from major international treaties to which the US was a signatory. As part of that policy, on May 7th, 2002 Donald Rumsfeld informed the Secretary General of the UN that the US was officially withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Rumsfeld made it very clear that the United States would reject any attempt by the court or state parties to the treaty to assert any jurisdiction over American citizens. In short, Americans were accountable to no one for any atrocities they might commit anywhere in the world....
Full article: http://tvnewslies.org/html/not_accountable.html
ATROCITIES IN IRAQ AND OUR WITHDRAWAL FROM
THE WORLD COURT
TvNewsLies - May, 2004
George W. Bush, upon taking office in 2001, immediately began a systematic withdrawal from major international treaties to which the US was a signatory. As part of that policy, on May 7th, 2002 Donald Rumsfeld informed the Secretary General of the UN that the US was officially withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Rumsfeld made it very clear that the United States would reject any attempt by the court or state parties to the treaty to assert any jurisdiction over American citizens. In short, Americans were accountable to no one for any atrocities they might commit anywhere in the world....
Full article: http://tvnewslies.org/html/not_accountable.html