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2009-11-27 Afghanistan

International Criminal Court claims jurisdiction over U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.

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Posted by Anonymoose 2009-11-27 15:49|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 MYOB, ICC.

Posted by Squinty Cholet II 2009-11-27 16:48|| 2009-11-27 16:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Conservative bloggers have been criticizing Glenn Beck for have the temerity to suggest that people might not want to enlist in the military. It is "politicizing" the military, or something.

Wonder what they think now?

Posted by SR-71 2009-11-27 17:01|| 2009-11-27 17:01|| Front Page Top

#3 I still disagree with Beck's proposal. He's wrong on that one. This ICC proposal is dead in the water. The Argentine punk is gonna incarcerate our troops? With what? I'm sure the military brass would resign before allowing Oblahblah to involve us in this.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-11-27 17:31|| 2009-11-27 17:31|| Front Page Top

#4 But wouldn't that allow Obumble to then replace them with his own czars?

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-11-27 17:38|| 2009-11-27 17:38|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm sure the military brass would resign before allowing Oblahblah to involve us in this

By the time they're GOs they're just as often bought as not. It's the middle grades who'll hemorrhage from the ranks leaving careerist resurrecting Kerry's stereotype of the old style military.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-11-27 17:42|| 2009-11-27 17:42|| Front Page Top

#6 The US currently has a bilateral agreement with Afghanistan that protects us from ICC harassment. This is an executive agreement signed by Karzai, and did not need approval by their parliament.

http://www.iccnow.org/documents/CICCFS_BIAstatus_current.pdf

If Karzai ends this agreement, the US is pretty much obligated to leave the country immediately, as it would subject it to ICC jurisdiction after that time. However, for the ICC to claim jurisdiction now is a violation of Afghan sovereignty.

The Afghan government, that is, Karzai, could withdraw from the Rome agreement, which would be a serious kick in the cajones to the ICC, and probably get this prosecutor canned.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-11-27 17:52|| 2009-11-27 17:52|| Front Page Top

#7 Karzai should be told we'll abandon any efforts on his security first (and let it be known) on our way out of the country

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-11-27 18:02|| 2009-11-27 18:02|| Front Page Top

#8 ...IF this happens - and it's unlikely that it will, for a lot of reasons - then I will do everything in my power to convince my son not to re-enlist in the USAF.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2009-11-27 18:14|| 2009-11-27 18:14|| Front Page Top

#9 The US currently has a bilateral agreement with Afghanistan that protects us from ICC harassment. -Anonymoose

That is exactly my understanding- we have these bilateral agreements with most countries where we might have to put boots on the ground. An ICC challenge would be the death of that organization, whatever it's good intentions (al-Bashir is a despicable man, and I have no problem with Western countries making him nervous.)

Posted by Free Radical 2009-11-27 19:49|| 2009-11-27 19:49|| Front Page Top

#10 I do not believe that this administration means well for the war generally or for the troops specifically. It is time to bring them home. Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires.

Wars are not won by half measures. It only gets a lot of good men killed. But perhaps that is the object?

Posted by SR-71 2009-11-27 20:46|| 2009-11-27 20:46|| Front Page Top

#11 Environmentalists overstepped with global warming I suspect internationalists are in the process of doing the same.

Posted by Rjschwarz 2009-11-27 20:52|| 2009-11-27 20:52|| Front Page Top

#12 ION WAFF/WMF > ITALY TO PROPOSE FORMATION OF "UNIFIED" US-EU NEW MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT TO AVOID REPLACEMENT OF NATO ALLIANCE, EU BY FUTURE "PACIFIC UNION" [US-China "G2"].

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