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To: LindyBill who wrote (34366)	7/14/2002 8:53:26 PM
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[Victor Hanson: European Morality?] An article too irritating not to comment on it. Cannot we find a few dozen who ordered all those killings at the Berlin Wall? There have been numerous trials against former GDR politicians and soldiers. Many of them have been indicted, some are still serving time, incl. the successor of Erich Honecker, Mr. Egon Krenz: dhm.de More articles on trials against other members of the SED: ddr-im-www.de Surely, Europeans should not allow some ex-Soviets to enter their airspace when such operatives helped to butcher thousands during the last five decades. To my knowledge no Soviet leader prior to Gorbachev is still alive. In the Russian military leadership there has also been a considerable turnover since 1989. Many of the al Qaeda operatives who planned Sept. 11 organized themselves right under the noses of European policemen. ... but the flying lessons were taken in Florida. What is more suspicious - people sitting in a room talking to each other or a flight student who isn't interested how to land? When there is anti-Semitic violence in France, Germany, or Austria, we in America do not really believe European courts either can or will stop it. Yes, anti-semitism is a fact in Germany but I am not aware of physical violence against Jews in recent years. There have been numerous trials against neonazis. Hanson might want to check out the Web site of the Anti-Defamation League for information on very serious right-wing extremism in the USA. adl.org We in the United States have this unpleasant suspicion that the record of European jurisprudence - more scrutiny and concern given to those caught on the battlefield and detained in Cuba than to the Sept. 11 terrorists who planned their murdering while roaming free in Europe - is both biased and opportunistic. What about the trial against al Qaeda activists in Frankfurt and the "reward" of a terror attack against German tourists in Tunesia which killed about 20 people? wait years to do much about a robust and dangerous Milosevic right next door Hasn't Hanson heard that Milosevic is jailed in Den Haag? kosova.org The Europeans know a great deal about law, but not so much recently about soldiers in battle; The US command was pleased with the performance of the KSK in Afghanistan and asked for more support in future operations. --- I have only refuted the most blatant errors of Hanson. It doesn't mean that I accept other points I didn't comment on. I have no particular opinion on the ICC yet. In an ideal world it would be great, but currently there are more urgent and concrete problems to care about. In any case Hanson has delivered a disappointingly sloppy article.