I wonder of the trial of Charles Taylor worries Bush and Blair?

[TheBigotBasher]

Terrorizing the civilian population and collective punishments


Unlawful killings


Sexual violence
4. Rape *1
5. Sexual slavery and any other form of sexual violence *1
6. Outrages upon personal dignity *2



Physical violence
7. Violence to life, health and physical or mental well-being of persons, in particular cruel
treatment *2
8. Other inhumane acts *1


Abductions and forced labour



Forever a stain on Anglo/American relations across the World.

[katandmoon]

1. Blair maybe but why should Bush worry? Obama's DOJ's got his back.

[H2O Man]

4. More important,

Bush cannot be tried at the Hague.

[TheBigotBasher]

6. Indeed.

Also the Security Council must vote for the trial, I cannot see Cameron voting for a trial of Blair, his Deputy, Nick Clegg, might though.

[RKP5637]

2. War should be on the TV every night like during Vietnam. That would

bring a sense of reality to the masses rather than this sanitized crap we get from MSM that's supposed to be journalism. And hold those responsible accountable.

[H2O Man]

5. Great point. n/t

[DebbieCDC]

3. Rent "The Ghost Writer"

Fictional story, yes -- but intriguing concept of a Blair-type ex-PM charged by the ICC.

None will ever face charges, much less trial

[TheBigotBasher]

8. Or this

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-trial-of-tony-blair/episode-guide/series-1/episode-1

[gratuitous]

7. If they have a conscience, it should give them pause

But I suspect Tony's happily counting his millions, and George is too far into his latest bottle project to give a fuck.

[H2O Man]

10. Right!

If they had a conscience, they could not have committed the crimes against humanity that they did.

[tanyev]

9. I'd settle for it worrying Pat Robertson.

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, testifying in his own war crimes trial today, said that the American conservative evangelist Pat Robertson was awarded a Liberian gold-mining concession in 1999 and subsequently offered to lobby the Bush administration to support his government.

The revelations came in the midst of a U.N.-backed trial of Taylor at The Hague on 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity during Sierra Leone's 1990s civil war. Taylor is accused of directing a Sierra Leone rebel group, the United Revolutionary Front (RUF), in a campaign aimed at securing access to the country's diamond mines. The rebel movement stands accused of committing mass atrocities in the late 1990s in the West African country, including the mutilation of thousands of civilians.

http://turtlebay.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/02/05/charles_taylor_pat_robertson_was_my_man_in_washington

[TheBigotBasher]

11. I can see him being called as a witness

but not as someone to face charges.

The involvement of Christian fundamentalists in Africa has led to crimes against humanity that exceed the disgraces of the authroitarian Muslim regimes in the Middle East; there is however no demand for churches to be banned near "Ground Zero".