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To: JohnM who wrote (28416)	5/5/2002 11:38:52 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

whether it rises to the level of a war crime When you look at the "Third World" peoples states that are passing resolution after resolution against Israel on any pretext, it is easy to imagine what they would do to us if they had this court available. On a moral level, I object to a lot that the USA now does to me without my permission. I certainly don't want them to agree to open me up to charges from other countries. This type of thing leads to the "Black Helicopters" charges that the militia types holler about. BTW, go back and make sure you read the column I posted from the German Columnist. I think it is a very fair presentation. Message 17424923

To: JohnM who wrote (28416)	5/5/2002 9:53:59 PM
From: Brian Sullivan	Respond to of 281500

Yep, just finished reading the Times this morning. We should have signed that one a long time ago. You cannot get a seriously enforceable international criminal court without US participation. The article that I read (in the Seattle Times) said that we did sign the agreement a long time ago (jn 1996). It was never ratified by the US Congress, but the Congress traditionally never ratifies most of these anyway. The news was that the Bush team was annoucing the "unsigning" (i.e removing the US as a signer of this War Crimes commitee) I even saw Colin Powell announce it on one of the Sunday morning shows.