June 10, 2002 at 8:08 am
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America has done alot of things I don’t agree with, political, economical, juristical, social, millitary and otherwise. But now they really done it.
They want to attack and invade the Netherlands if an American soldier is going to be brought to justice in the permanent UN war crimes tribunal in the Hague. They passed the law last week in Congress!!!!!!!!!!!!!. For Holland there are only two options left. Either we’re going to chicken out and send the tribunal somewhere else or we’re going to withdraw from NATO. We can not take this as Holland and the rest of the world. The United States of America has the right not to ratify the international crimes tribunal but this is frustrating it in a big way and therefore they treat with content the international community, the international justice system and the sovereignty of The Kingdom of The Netherlands.
We must regard, if this law is ever punt into effect, this aggression as an act of war! nothing else.
I wonder why the Americans don’t want their citizens brought to justice for war crimes? what do they have to hide? You might argue that the invasion of Afghanistan was a violation of international law and therefore an act of war.
What makes American citizens so special that they are above the law????.
The US is an opportunistic user of the international law. When they want to legitimate the war on terrorism then they use the NATO (chapter five) and the UN and the international law to convince the rest of the world that they are right (they have yet to convince me)and if this law is going to work against them then they pass it aside.
Acting in this way, America has lost, in my view all credibility!
You might imagine if the Dutch parliament would pass a law which said that Holland doesn’t rule out the possibility if the UN security counsel in New York is going to pass a resolution which Holland doesn’t agree with then we might attack and invade New York, what kind of reaction would Washington give us????????????!!!!!!!!!
any thoughts on this?????
regards,
Jeroen
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