Bush and the Global Court

[CERuppel]

This article has one very interesting line...

"Last week, officials said their real concern is that top civilian leaders such as the secretary of State might be targeted for legal action."

And that just about sums up the problem. The elected (?) officials don't give a damn about the citizensor the soldiers, just themselves.

Is it just me or is this administration slowly taking away accountablity and checks & balances?

First Bush asks for the authority to start war on his word. When congress is slow to give that to him he balks the anti-terrorist action in Afganistan, long enough to make congress look like the culprits. Then he goes ahead and invades a soveriegn foriegn nation without even declaring war.

Back in the USA he sets up a shadow goverment, and sets precedent for a president in office to be imune to US law. With these two actions the US citizens were reduced to cattle. But we ate up the hype that these actions were needed to meet the emergency.

Now he has gone and all but stated that the USA (read GWB) is immune to international law. Or at least its courts. Presumably he means that the charges would go in front of a US court, which no longer has the authority to try a president in office... Sort of a real neat trick, huh?

Just wonder what his next move is, and just how many of the stupid things he's done will start to make sense...

All hail the President for life...

http://www.freep.com/voices/editoria...4_20020914.htm

[OuTpaTienT]

Whoa. I didn't even know I was cattle.

Moooo.

[CERuppel]

Apologize for the attitude of the post, but the points are valid. And very disturbing to me at least.

[Redwolf]

One one side, bush is as smart as a brain-damaged slug. On another, he tries to take over the world with Fascist actions. Gee, why don't the two sides seem to fit?

[/sarcasm mode off]

Alright, so maybe Bush is being agressive. Not like we haven't seen that before in other world leaders in the past.

[Mntsnow]

[ILC]

Red:

bush is as smart as a brain-damaged slug

That is why he has an MBA from Harvard right?

CEruppel, I have NO idea what you are talking about. Care to elaborate on how Bush is making himself immune to our laws and that of international courts?

First Bush asks for the authority to start war on his word. When congress is slow to give that to him he balks the anti-terrorist action in Afganistan, long enough to make congress look like the culprits. Then he goes ahead and invades a soveriegn foriegn nation without even declaring war.

Newsflash - A president does NOT need congressional approval to commit troops. This is not anything new. A decleration of war has not been declared by the United States since Vietnam(?). Any president has full legal authority to commit any amount of troops when and where necessary.

As for the rest of your post, I am at a loss? Are you speaking of the U.N.? If so, they are not OUR courts, they are not the world's court. If you have a problem with that, read our ocnstitution. It clearly states that the government of the U.S. is responsible for protecting it's citizens, not the idiotic liberals who run the U.N!

ILC

[Redwolf]

I was speaking sarcasticly. I really love bush. Of course, you knew that already, right?

I think I'll just shut up now...

[Warthog]

*yawn*

[OuTpaTienT]

Here ya go Wart: