The United States, hoping to avert a defeat, floated a compromise proposal on Tuesday to seek just one more renewal of a U.N. resolution exempting American soldiers from international prosecution. But it was uncertain whether the proposed change in the resolution on the International Criminal Court would be enough to win U.N. Security Council approval due to international fury over prisoner abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib detention center.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan last week urged council members to oppose the resolution...The United States has proposed asking the council to renew an existing exemption, which expires on June 30, once more, in return for which the United States would pledge not to ask for another extension next year, Cunningham said.
This new "compromise" stinks. What happens to our GI’s after June 30, 2005??? Why doesn’t the US tell Kofi and his thug pals at the UN to put their international prosecution threats where the sun doesn’t shine?
| Gorsh, guess we won't be helping the U.N. in any more peace-keeping missions, will we? |
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