Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Fallujah

You know the Nazi soldiers at Nuremberg kept saying they were just following orders, and the world said "No, this is wrong."

In fact I went over the Articles of Nuremberg and Article 6 REALLY caught my attention

The following acts, or any of them, are crimes coming within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal for which there shall be individual responsibility:

(a) Crimes against Peace: namely, planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression, or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances, or participation in a Common Plan or Conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the foregoing;
(b) War Crimes: namely, violations of the laws or customs of war. Such violations shall include, but not be limited to, murder, ill-treatment or deportation to slave labor or for any other purpose of civilian population of or in occupied territory, murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war or persons on the seas, killing of hostages, plunder of public or private property, wanton destruction of cities, towns, or villages, or devastation not justified by military necessity;
(c) Crimes against Humanity: namely, murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, and other inhumane acts committed against any civilian population, before or during the war,14 or persecutions on political, racial, or religious grounds in execution of or in connection with any crime within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal, whether or not in violation of domestic law of the country where perpetrated.

Leaders, organizers, instigators, and accomplices participating in the formulation or execution
of a Common Plan or Conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing crimes are responsible for all acts performed by any persons in execution of such plan.


I fear that these apply to the U.S.'s actions in starting and waging the war in Iraq. Now wonder Bush fears the International Criminal Court and won't have the U.S. join it. He fears, rightly so, that the U.N. would then start prosecuting U.S. soldiers for what they're doing in Iraq.

Heck MAYBE Canada can do what the U.S. can't/won't PUT GEORGE W. IN JAIL.

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