Saturday, December 19, 2009
With Israelis being routinely harassed by nuisance lawsuits based upon the dubious legal principal of universal jurisdiction, some people are talking about fighting back. On the one hand, this is dangerous because it lends legitimacy in some way to the idea, on the other hand, it helps in publicizing the absurdity of prosecuting Western politicians whose countries are at war. Eventually the grownups will be forced to take control of the situation and put an end to the farce. Have no doubt, today Israeli politicians, tomorrow American: European Jewish Congress may start calling for arrest warrants against terrorists leaders, supporters and hate preachers if law is not changed
The European Jewish Congress (EJC) has called on the UK and other European nations to change their laws on universal jurisdiction in the wake of the issuing of an arrest warrant against former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. If laws are not tightened then the EJC will be forced to consider applying for arrest warrants against those who support and initiate terror and preach hate.
President of the EJC, Dr. Moshe Kantor, slammed the decision by a British court to issue an arrest warrant against Livni. "This is a disgrace and a mockery of the judicial system," Kantor said. "However, if the system is being manipulated to abuse Israeli officials then we will have to look at ways of fighting back and using the same system against those who initiate and support terror.
The EJC decries the fact that terror supporters who preach hate against Jews, Christians, gays and other minorities and initiate terror attacks against them are allowed into Britain and a senior official of a fellow democracy and staunch ally had to cancel their trip.
"It is reprehensible that at this moment there are hundreds of visiting foreign nationals in the UK and Europe who are preaching hate, inciting to murder and raising money for designated terrorist group like Hamas and Hezbollah," Kantor continued. "We will seek to end their impunity and make them think twice before coming to Europe."...
On a similar theme...
Should CIA Drone Operators Worry?
Via the Volokh Conspiracy..
http://volokh.com/2009/12/15/should-cia ... ors-worry/
If this short report in Newsweek is true, then I think I would worry about legal liability more than before, if I were a CIA officer involved in Predator drone strikes.
continued...
The only think Drone operators should worry about is the islamofascist kill to missile ratio.
WHY does the "uk" have nukes?
Considering the way the "uk" is declining, it would be prudent for the "uk" to transfer its nukes to the USA for safekeeping, to keep the nukes out of the hands of islamofascist loving, socialist hordes which have taken over the "uk".
Who would have thought that the "uk" would have been taken over by islamofascists BEFORE PakiSHtan?