The US will soon run out of allies if it keeps acting like this

[Saint Marcus]

Your little "alliance" will fall apart, over the same things as always, one of you will decide to run the show, and another big war will start.

LMAO

what world do you live in?

Do you also think the south will rise to power again?

Ha, we will still be here long after that joke you call a union is a bad memory.

I'm sure many confederates thought the same thing back than of "that joke you call a union".

[faded glory]

Why doesnt the court go after england for the Maze prison? 2000 perceived Irish Republican Army members locked up and had the key thrown away. None got a trial and most were held excess of 10+ years. And only finally did people start to care when the prisoners started protesting meager rations by throwing there feces at the gaurds.

If the court prosecutes this, then I might become a believer. But for now, I think its a joke.

[Ned]

It is July 1. The ICC begins. In Afghanistan, the US bombs a wedding, killing at least 20 and wounding scores.

I suspect Ramsey Clark is on the plane now flying to Afghanistan to gather evidence for an ICC complaint against Bush.

BTW, Saint Marcus, do you trust Germany?

On WWII, the Germans did not start the war with France. The French declared war on Germany. Germans overran Holland only because France had declared war.

Perhaps the US policy at that time to Europe was similar to EU policy today towards the United States. Perhaps the US was thinking that it would have been better for France to have used diplomatic means to resolve the issue of Poland. Instead, the warmongering French go off an start a war.

[Chris 62]

Originally posted by Saint Marcus
LMAO

what world do you live in?

That would be earth, Marky Mark, you should visit us sometime.

Do you also think the south will rise to power again?

Why should it?
Slavery is dead.

I'm sure many confederates thought the same thing back than of "that joke you call a union".

Nope, they lnew they were fighting Americans, so it would be tough.

Correct me if I'm wrong Marky, isn't your little Union economic in nature?

[Saint Marcus]

BTW, Saint Marcus, do you trust Germany?

Of course I do. They are our closest friends. We've even set up our own rapid reaction force with shared forces and command. They are also our biggest trading partner, and if push comes to shove, our closest ally.

We only hate them when it comes to soccer.

[Saint Marcus]

Germans overran Holland only because France had declared war.

it was Hitler's plan from the start to take Holland. Not to stop France, but to stop Britain from using dutch airspace to attack Germany.

[Lincoln]

Originally posted by Saint Marcus
only actions commited by individuals from, or in, countries that signed the treaty of rome are prosecutable.

what more do you need?

I think you have this wrong. Why would the United States be putting up a fuss if that was the case?

[KrazyHorse]

BTW, Saint Marcus, do you trust Germany?

On WWII, the Germans did not start the war with France. The French declared war on Germany. Germans overran Holland only because France had declared war

You're a twit. Germany had already invaded Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Spain before the Allies declared war.

[Saint Marcus]

beats me.

read the treaty of Rome. Only warcrimes commited in countries that signed and ratified the treaty, or commited by individuals who ratified the treaty, can be prosecuted in The Hague. The court doesn't work retroactive.

If, and only if, the security council decides otherwise these rules may be broken.

But since the US is part of the security council, that won't happen.

[KrazyHorse]

No. It's also partly political.

[Ned]

So, Saint Marcus, this doesn't change a thing. The Brits declared war on Germany. The US at that time may have preferred that England use diplomatic means to resolve the Poland issue.

Note that the US did not really get serious in Europe until the Germans struck South and East in 1941. Had they not done that, there remained a large number of Americans who would have preferred a diplomatic solution to the European war.

If this sounds incredibly stupid in retrospect, think of how the EU sounds to us on Iraq.

[Saint Marcus]

I hope you aren't putting Nazi Germany and Sadam's Iraq in the same league.

[Ned]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse

BTW, Saint Marcus, do you trust Germany?

On WWII, the Germans did not start the war with France. The French declared war on Germany. Germans overran Holland only because France had declared war

You're a twit. Germany had already invaded Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Spain before the Allies declared war.

Read on. I think the declaration of war by Briton and France was entirely justified. However, the point I am making is that "at the time," many in the US would still have preferred negotiations to war. This is partially why the US stood by and did virtually nothing for the first two years of the European war.

[Guynemer]

Ahhh, another US vs. EU circle jerk.

Makes me glad I won't have time for this bull**** any longer.

The amount of penile overcompensation in this thread is staggering.

[Ned]

Originally posted by Saint Marcus
I hope you aren't putting Nazi Germany and Sadam's Iraq in the same league.

Not Nazi Germany and Saddam's Iraq, because Iraq is no Germany. Hitler and Saddam, however, are quite comparable.