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Perfect case for the ICC.(Letter to the editor)

The New American

| December 25, 2006 | Rhoades, David | COPYRIGHT 2006 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The International Criminal Court (Insider Report, October 16) is looking for the perfect case. The perfect case would be the one that would convince the American public that the United States should join the ICC.

We are actually one of a few holdouts that haven't already signed up, for good reason. The "globalists" have been trying to sucker us into this one for a long time.

The ICC bills itself as being the only alternative in prosecuting top-level war criminals: people that are heads of state and high officials, like presidents, dictators, and other high-level government officials.

Once a country joins the ICC (a United Nations subsidiary by the way), it can arrest and take anyone into custody who has violated any number of laws of the UN. It would be able to arrest anyone for something as simple as criticizing the UN. There would be no Constitution or Bill of Rights that would stand in the way. Of course, this muscle won't be flexed until the world's most powerful country, the United States, gets on board.

This is where the perfect case comes in. To make the perfect case, after the United States passes a law so that it could not prosecute its president, other high officials, or ...

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