tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9904986.post232891061274171656..comments2023-05-25T05:12:07.166-07:00Comments on Getting it Right: Pigs of War: Donald Rumsfeld - Human Rights Groups File Torture Suit against RumsfeldUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9904986.post-25030912735509853272007-10-29T14:05:00.000-07:002007-10-29T14:05:00.000-07:00I don't think we need to rule out a conviction. An...I don't think we need to rule out a conviction. And once convicted it's likely that alleged war criminals (like Donald Rumsfeld) will not travel to countries which have convicted them. <BR/><BR/>France is a good example, because of their independent judiciary system, one of the things the French are quite "proud". It's not the country (or French government), but the judicial system that will follow the necessary proceedings.<BR/><BR/>Prosecuted or not, it will bring home the right message; whenever traveling, alleged American war-criminals will continuously be scrutinized and new cases will be filed.<BR/><BR/>And that's the way it should be.<BR/><BR/>We'll see how long it will be just "all symbolic", or when the first conviction of an American war-criminal will become "the symbol of the 21st century".<BR/><BR/>And WHEN the first American is convicted, then let the games begin.Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15012567844101960274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9904986.post-56829682998769130032007-10-29T12:37:00.000-07:002007-10-29T12:37:00.000-07:00These are all symbolic, and even an unlikelihood o...These are all symbolic, and even an unlikelihood of a conviction would probably not convince any country to arrest him. The chutzpah required would be enormous.Raphael Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14635417096024081504noreply@blogger.com