Gabriel Syme over at Samizdata amuses with Oooh, the Tranzis strike back!:
A law firm with a fetching name, Public Interest Lawyers intends to prosecute Prime Minister Tony Blair for war crimes at the new International Criminal Court (ICC), if an Iraqi war goes ahead.Well, that's a surprise!
Phil Shiner of the law firm is leading a campaign to prosecute leaders in the seven-month-old ICC, if military action goes ahead without a second United Nations resolution expressly authorising force, or if any Iraqi civilians are killed in bombing campaigns.
"The ICC brings a new international context to war - Blair now has to consider his individual accountability."
The United States fiercely opposes the ICC, saying it would infringe U.S. sovereignty, but Britain has ratified its treaty and would have to give up any citizen the court wanted to try.It was clear from the start that the ICC was to be a forum for whining ankle biters while little or no impediment to the usual suspects in the Axis of Evil and their bottom dwelling pals. I won't even bother to say "I told you so".
"The ICC will now place a serious constraint on Blair."
Oh really?! That must make Blair quake in his boots. I fervently hope he ignores the self-righteous and attention-seeking bunch of idiotarians. The International Criminal Court, what a brilliant idea, I hear people cry, just like the UN. The picture comes into focus once the client of Public Interest Lawyers' who initiated the proceedings is revealed! Enter CND, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament!
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But there is a serious lesson for Blair and the UK government in this farcical episode - next time read the small print on all those treaties and agreements and codes and declarations you are signing, in case the Tranzis decide you are not dancing to their tune. It seems that in this case, the US knew better...
