Quote:
Originally posted by Troels
Is that why the US have not signed the UN convention against torture? There's no need?
Or why the US does not allow a US citizen to be charged for warcrimes by the international war crimes tribunal? There's no need?
|
Bush administration foreign policy gets an "F" in my book. Its safe to say that their decision do not reflect the beliefs of all Americans, and I would argue they in fact represent the views of a minority. This coming November should tell whether the actions GWB and company have taken in the last four years were a mandate from the citizens of the USA.
I cannot defend the failure of the USA to sign the ICC. I know that the argument put forward by the White House was that such ratification would make the President eligible to be charged with war crimes and if the USA signed then they would be committed to producing him on all charges made by other countries to the ICC. He cant exactly do his job if he is in depositions at the Hague all the time was the argument distilled I believe.