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"Emmanuel Gustin" wrote:

"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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There is another, IMO more important, side to this. This treaty
will prosecute and punish the ones who rightfully deserve it.

Like the Belgian Foreign Minister?

Why not?

Ask the Belgians. The moment someone filed charges against one of their
own, they immediately started backpedaling on the whole ICC issue.

But look at it from the other side: Would it not have been
better if Saddam's victims could have prosecuted those
who sold him the weapons to do it with?

I'm sure it would be. Except (as we have already seen) the moment they
went after someone that country didn't think should be prosecuted, the
new priority became "stop the ICC."

And this is *Belgium*. Imagine how fast France would bail, if someone
went after Chirac for aiding any of a dozen or so dictators on the
French "okay" list...

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