Quote: "(im assuming you're american) "
No, I'm Jorvik, born, bred and proud of it. Say what I like, and bloody well like what I say...
Look, I'm not trying to pee people off here, I think I'm not explaining myself right. So, for the last time...
To use your analogy of the president of the united states - it's flawed to hell. We're not talking about what happended with Clinton getting a gobble of Monica. That's not the same scale as what has happended is it?
His capture IS related to War yes. And I stress again, that any war, despite what it brings, loss of life, etc, etc, must still abide by rules of the Geneva Convention if the country at war is a part of. That's fact!! If the country is a part of the UN (very few are not), then the ruler (past or present) must face those crimes and the prosecutor should be the UN!
Is everyone forgetting Millockovich and the war in Yugoslavia!?? How many croations and slovenians were killed there, tortured, raped, murdered? This was only 6 years ago. And what happened to him? He was trialled by the UN/Nato because he broke the rules he had adhered to. Had he gone to trial in his own country, no doubt some splinter group would have attempted to assanate him and he wouldn't have got what he deserves. OR, the trial would have been totally one-sided, and the trial not justified.
With the UN behind, at least ALL parties would have a fair chance of wanting their justice, fairly and without any prejudice.
To end, one simple comparrison with Hussain (what he's done), and your president at the moment...
If President Bush ordered the torture and execution of POW's (Iraqi, Afganhistan or whatever), then who should trial him? American Government or UN?
Or, if President Bush was allowed to rape american women, and no court was allowed to touch him because of some ammendment, then again, who should trial him?
~ J ~