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Is it a bad idea to elect a confessed "war criminal''

 
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coatandthai
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:43 pm    Post subject: Is it a bad idea to elect a confessed "war criminal'' Reply with quote

Since Kerry is an admitted war criminal ("I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire. I used 50 calibre machine guns ... ") and there is no statute of limitations on war crimes, isn't it likely that he will be indicted by the World Court? It only takes a single Vietnamese "victim" to bring the charges, and Kerry could be convicted on his own words. If convicted in absentia, Kerry would not be able to travel to foreign countries that permit extradition of war criminals, lest he be arrested and incarcerated. It would be very damaging to the US position in the world to have to justify the election of a war criminal as president, not to mention that he would be confined to American soil.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

give it time:)
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:13 pm    Post subject: Re: Is it a bad idea to elect a confessed "war criminal Reply with quote

coatandthai wrote:
Since Kerry is an admitted war criminal ("I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire. I used 50 calibre machine guns ... ") and there is no statute of limitations on war crimes, isn't it likely that he will be indicted by the World Court? It only takes a single Vietnamese "victim" to bring the charges, and Kerry could be convicted on his own words. If convicted in absentia, Kerry would not be able to travel to foreign countries that permit extradition of war criminals, lest he be arrested and incarcerated. It would be very damaging to the US position in the world to have to justify the election of a war criminal as president, not to mention that he would be confined to American soil.

I raised this question in an article http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=8983
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:26 pm    Post subject: It gets even worse Reply with quote

Here is part of an interesting article I just gleaned from the net:

The most damaging finding, on the road to the ultimate, total discreditation of Winter Soldier, consisted of the sworn testimony of several veterans, corroborated by witnesses, that they “had not attended the hearing in Detroit. One of them had never been to Detroit in his life. Fake witnesses had appropriated the names of real Vietnam veterans” for the purpose of advancing an anti American political agenda.

Excellent article by Norm Turner at this url http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/04/03/29/turner.htm
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:42 am    Post subject: Kerry = America's Kurt Waldheim Reply with quote

John Kerry = America's Kurt Waldheim
http://www.stentorian.com/politics/warcrim.html
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4moreyears
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

America just signed a consent to be held accountable to War Crimes document...I wonder if it is a retroactive thing?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust be men of unexceptionable character. The public cannot be too curious concerning the character of public men..."
- Samuel Adams to James Warren on Nov. 4, 1775


"Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their elected leaders. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them...If the next centennial does not find us a great nation...it will be because those who represent the enterprise, the culture, and the morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the political forces."
- James Garfield, 1877


"Look well to the character and qualifications of those you elect and raise to office and places of trust."
- Matthias Burnett, 1803


"In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Look to his character."

"When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor, and he betrays his country."

"If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the public good so much as for selfish or local purposes; corrupt or incompetent men will be appointed to execute the laws; the public revenues will be squandered on unworthy men; and the rights of the citizens will be violated or disregarded. If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws."
- Noah Webster, 1823
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 2:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

4moreyears wrote:
America just signed a consent to be held accountable to War Crimes document...I wonder if it is a retroactive thing?


Only for Republican or conservative presidents.
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