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The Impotent ICC

by John Cole|  March 11, 20035:03 pm| 3 Comments

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The world’s first permanent war crimes court swore in its first 18 judges Tuesday to try the 21st century’s worst crimes in a move hailed as the biggest legal milestone since Hitler’s henchmen were tried at Nuremberg.

Amid pomp and ceremony, the judges at the International Criminal Court, or ICC, 11 men and seven women, were sworn in to try people accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Insert your own snarky joke. Who are they going to try? Mugabe? Doubt it, too cozy with the French. What about Hussein? Woops- too cozy with the French.

I know- Sharon, Netanyahu, and Bush.

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  1. 1.

    MommaBear

    March 11, 2003 at 5:58 pm

    How about Chirac or Villepin ?? They look prime candidates to MB.

  2. 2.

    Phil

    March 11, 2003 at 6:22 pm

    I’m sure they’ll do a lot to punish and deter war crimes and whatnot, if the UN tribunals that were its predecessors are any gauge. I mean, if abetting genocide gets you ten to twenty years with time served (upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030219-053838-8059r), just think how tough they’ll be on *real* crimes. Like being Israeli.

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    Neal

    March 11, 2003 at 7:02 pm

    My guess is General Franks. Snappy uniform. Obviously targeting all the human shields and children and whatnot. The conversation between the hapless ICC process server and a few US Army armored divisions would be funny though.

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