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Politics : The Left Wing Porch -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (5519)	4/9/2002 7:18:50 AM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6089

. Apparently we have too many potential war criminals in the Administration and military command to take a chance on an embarrassing trial. <g> I know you were joking, but this is a common POV. "If they had nothing to hide, why not come clean?" I disagree - there may be some iffy types in black ops departments, but that's expected... I honestly don't think the US has much to fear trial for, and if it did there'd be a very long queue before it! I think it's pride - why should the most powerful nation on the planet submit to an alien court, or allow that its military or civil leaders be subject to alien laws and standards. Which is fine, so long as you're very confident that you are indeed not guilty of any offences. And will remain so. And will stay most powerful nation - or be equally happy to see tomorrow's giants likewise flouting the law because they now have the biggest armies... So in this case, my dislike is for the precedent rather than the President. (No, this argument wasn't an excuse to use the pun. Honest. It just came to me as I finished.).