Posted by: snurp January 10, 2013
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Kiddo,
According to your logic the war crimes committed in Darfur for instance, shouldn't have any bearing in the world. Because it is another country's problems? If what happens in your country is ONLY your problem, doesn't it make easy for certain tyrants to stick to power hen they know they can easily rule by the barrel of the gun forever? How many examples do you want of that around the world?
I also agree with you that Bush won't be arrested, but it is not because he's hiding in US, but the "world police" aka USA won't let it happen (remember the notion of weak and strong (militarily in this case) . But look at how conveniently they have placed embargo against Russia's human rights' abusers but cry foul when russia uses a similar ploy in adoption.
Perhaps you're talking about every citizen has the right to a due process in his own country, which I agree with you. But when you have a PM of a country like ours who is openly condemning the probe into human rights abuses, then you know the judiciary in YOUR country is powerless and all the probes merely seem sham. It is easy to sit back and say you can't continue to pick on old wounds, but try telling that to the family of those abused/killed who had no link to the war whatsoever.
This is exactly the reason why we need an international group(not a single country) to probe into these, especially in a country like ours, which I support wholeheartedly. Yes, I do understand it is not a perfect or a fair system, but its a start!
According to your logic the war crimes committed in Darfur for instance, shouldn't have any bearing in the world. Because it is another country's problems? If what happens in your country is ONLY your problem, doesn't it make easy for certain tyrants to stick to power hen they know they can easily rule by the barrel of the gun forever? How many examples do you want of that around the world?
I also agree with you that Bush won't be arrested, but it is not because he's hiding in US, but the "world police" aka USA won't let it happen (remember the notion of weak and strong (militarily in this case) . But look at how conveniently they have placed embargo against Russia's human rights' abusers but cry foul when russia uses a similar ploy in adoption.
Perhaps you're talking about every citizen has the right to a due process in his own country, which I agree with you. But when you have a PM of a country like ours who is openly condemning the probe into human rights abuses, then you know the judiciary in YOUR country is powerless and all the probes merely seem sham. It is easy to sit back and say you can't continue to pick on old wounds, but try telling that to the family of those abused/killed who had no link to the war whatsoever.
This is exactly the reason why we need an international group(not a single country) to probe into these, especially in a country like ours, which I support wholeheartedly. Yes, I do understand it is not a perfect or a fair system, but its a start!