RE: American Invation and Agression
>Actually I think you guys are mistaking why congress passed
>this law.
>
>You might have noticed that during their little intervention
>in Kosovo the opposition were getting more media savvy.
>There were many calls for Allbright, Blair, and Clinton to
>face charges over the actions they took in Kosovo. Many
>Neutral or pro Serb people say “so what?”, the charges sound
>reasonably sound, and if they are not guilty… well that is
>for a court to decide… not the public via the media
>reports. Other Neutral or Pro West people might say these
>charges are frivolous and impractical and in extreme times
>then certain actions are required to save lives etc etc.
I you wanne know what I think about the charges. I consider my self as a pro western but you could make a case that those actions against the former Yugoslavia was indeed invalid. And if you feel that someone like Milosovish must stand trail at the United Nations Yugoslavia Tribunal then if the prosecutor at this court has an case it should brought forward and they must have the descentcy to justify their actions. If they can’t they must be convicted and as I feel they were then there is no problem.
>Hardliner Pro Americans of course have the opinion that “I
>don’t care what the facts are, America is not to blame…
>they always go in with the best intentions and anything bad
>that might happen is someone elses fault… the bombs we use
>are surgical weapons etc etc collateral damage etc etc”.
>
>I am not having a go at the Netherlands but what makes them
>think they can be the worlds court?
>Are their judges better than those in the US or Ethiopia or
>Iran?
Then you should read my first post, it’s not the Dutch government or Dutch judges but it’s a court of the United Nations which happend to be in The Hague. So it IS a worlds court.
Look at the case of Belgium, they have an law which roughly states that a crime commited against humanety any where in the world can be procecuded in Belgium no meter which nationality the person is from. And people have indided like the Israeli prime minister and Arrafat. This is a Belgium court not the same as an United Nations court is it?
>Is extracting a US citizen from the Netherlands any
>different from extracting Slobodan from Yug?
YES IT DOES. MILOSOVISH WAS ENDIDED AND ARRESTED IN YOGOSLAVIA. EVERY NATION WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATIONS, all nations are except the Vatican, Taiwan, and Switzerland (but they are going to), are bound to arrest these people so they can stand trail. If an American citizen where to be extracted from the Netherlands then he’s not going to stand trail but probably have an ribbon of some kind, for his honour, courage or something.
… civilised
>people could have been killed there too you know… (The US
>has been extracting its citizens from countries for many
>years… often by force… does the fact that the “threat”
>to the US citizen comes from an ally make a difference?)
No it doesn’t, not really. But as it comes from a friendly nation, or at least a nation which pretends to be, it does make you wonder how the Americans would treat a nation who doesn’t play along with their agenda.
>Having said all that I do think it is a rather stupid thing
>for Congress to do… but then that is what they are paid
>for.
I know you probably meant it as a joke, but in this threat I’m quite serious because this is one of those things which really pissed me off as an human being. But a member of parliament should have the good for the nation in mind. And stupid is really not the first thing that springs in mind as it comes to this occupation, I’m rather convinced that people in Holland one day might vote for me!
but thanks for your input and thank you all for it.
best regards,
jeroen
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