Rumsfeld was recently named along with 11 other high-ranking U.S. officials in a criminal complaint filed in Germany by the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/293201_amy22.html
2006-11-21 17:22:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Does Germany have jurisdiction over the U.S.? If the 12 high-ranking officials did break the law, make the case, please.
Anyway, here is what I know. 9/11 occured meaning that the face of the enemy is different from the 20th century and before. These enemies are different in that they don't fight for a nation-state. So, it is harder to determine what their rights are. Have these official made mistakes concerning Gitmo? Yes but the prisoners have such a Rolls-Royce lifestyle compared to the troops in Iraq that it look like they haven't been tortured. It is, I believe, hard to determine what is torture but what do I care. Look, we need to BALANCE between human rights (since the U.S. is a big executer) and capturing the terrorists before they strike not just the U.S. but other countries as well. Now, coming back to this question. I don't think that these officials should be prosecuted because they are trying to protect mankind. I could be wrong somewhere.
2006-11-23 11:17:59 · answer #1 · answered by Batch D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Germany has no jurisdiction over American officials. Despite any feelings towards the man whatsoever, American or otherwise, Germany can do nothing
2006-11-22 02:00:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
questioner and several other democrats in criminal complaint filed in the court of public opinion, charge... gross ignorance and anti-American bias.
2006-11-22 02:03:23 · answer #3 · answered by Work In Progress 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
War criminal
2006-11-22 01:59:08 · answer #4 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
How about the constitutional rights of the people that got beheaded?What about the rights of our soldiers?Sick of people who are all for the rights of those against us.
2006-11-22 01:33:47 · answer #5 · answered by halfbright 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes, and clearly Karma can Harm Ya.
2006-11-22 01:32:47 · answer #6 · answered by Norton N 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Yes, and a mountain of co-conspirators, such as Bush and Cheney.
2006-11-22 01:31:16 · answer #7 · answered by soulsearcher 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋