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To: TimF who wrote (199097)	8/24/2006 2:15:24 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<In Iraq we are not longer really an occupying power, so in theory our soldiers could be subject to the local law.> We granted ourselves permanent immunity in Iraq -- the guys who raped and murdered a child, and murdered her family and then set them all on fire cannot be arrested and tried in Iraqi courts because they are immune from Iraqi justice. As for our war criminals, they can go on and do as they please, make money and live life freely -- we give them immunity as well. And to those in Israel we go one step further and supply them with the money and equipment they use to commit war crimes. If the US was serious about war crimes, we would be working hard on developing the institutions that would bring these criminals to justice. Noticing how likely it is that we would be among those put on trial, we do everything possible to destroy any process by which international justice can develop. If you asked the gangs in LA how to take care of criminal activity, they would tell you that there should be now law and no enforcement, except what they can dish out with their own weapons. The US is on the same page. We think we thrive in an environment of lawlessness. Instead, we create the cesspool conditions we live in.