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Let me see if I understand this correctly....



Last month the Belgian senate amended the 1993 "universal jurisdiction" law to let prosecutors to investigate suspected war criminals even if they do not live in Belgium, removing the restriction which has so far prevented them investigating cases abroad.
So, Belgium has just decided that They have exclusive authority, jurisdiction, etc., over the entire world? Their senate passes a law and, poof voila, they can -- literally -- hold court over the rest of the planet.



Interesting.



Sounds awful damn unilateral (or, as Instapundit put it, imperialistic) to me, little self-righteous ninnies. Oh, I forgot. They belong to the Axis of Weasels, even if it is only in Mini-Me minion mode.



Hey, I don't think I understand the implications of this! We can just get the House and Senate to pass a bill, one that Bush is sure to sign. We'll give the US exclusive right to prosecute anyone anywhere for anything. Then we trot right into Belgium because an imperialist power they are responsible for five and eight million deaths. Oh, sure, King Leopold is long dead, but so what? Reality doesn't interfere with them, why should it both us?



Oh, and by strange coincidence in that link about Belgium being an imperialist nation, it lists the top six. They are:



1 - ENGLAND

2 - FRANCE

3 - GERMANY

4 - BELGIUM

5 - PORTUGAL

6 - NETHERLANDS



Lookee there, the Axis of Weasels all in a row! I feel so...nauseous.

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