“Lackeys” ? So he’s a supervillain now ?
Do his lackeys get to wear capes, or is that reserved for the guy in charge ?
Looks like I ended that New York Times quotation too early. Here’s the last sentence of the paragraph:
Duffer, allow me to introduce alaric.
I tell him to go to Crawford and park it right there. Travelling costs the taxpayers money, he’s certainly burned up enough of our cash as it is. Put razor tape around the ranch and pay a rent-a-cop to guard the gate.
No capes. Remember The Incedibles; bad things happen to those who wear capes.
Well there’s always the Hague Invasion Act. Diplomatic pressure could be applied to the arresting country, sanctions could be threatened, etc. But it’s unlikely that either the UN or another country would care. Military action is unlikely, especially if he’s succeded by a Democrat.
I should note that before Delta Force is launched, there is likely to be political and financial pressure applied. “All your assets in US reach are now confiscated. Shut your embassies and go home.” and so on. However, this is not the sort of thing the US could take lying down, and, in fact, could start a third world war, just like shooting a small grand duke might.
He was an archduke, not a grand duke. It’s unlikely in the extreme that US will go to war over the detention of a single citizen. A special forces op is a possiblity, but world war? Never.
It might start that way, however. This would be a very strong slap in the face of the US, diplomatically. And remember, it wouldn’t just be George at risk. If they take him, they declare they could take anyone.
only those who, unlike Kissinger, travel to unfriendly juriosdictions.
Plus, not “everyone” is c in c , as g-dub is fond of saying,.
well, shut my mouth…
without deconstructing the prissy thrust of your post, please be informed that as far as am concerned, G-dub had his best moment on top of that bar, and for clarity, since you are prone to brain seizures, I mean that sincerely.
Yes, please.
Regards,
Shodan
" lackeys"
Oh precious blood of sweet baby Jesus, at last!!!
(are any of these lackeys cute girls, cause if so, why are we wasting time on this dumb board?..)
it’s just an expression…don’t get your hopes up too high…
If Bush’s captors had to go through his Secret Service detail to get to Bush, and President Dean is surrounded by his own detail of the late agents’ brothers in arms, armed, there might be a certain impetus to action.
considering that the hypothetical interaction between local gendarmes and the secret service would be accompanied by the service of a valid arrest warrent, I really don’t anticipate gunplay, or even the need for overt force, to take g-dub into custody.
Moreover, I don’t think the seizure would be done sub rosa, (unlike OUR snatches in Italy, eg) but would be the subject of a warning prior to g-dub’s even leaving the US
In other word, an indictment would be handed down and be waiting, should he venture out–much the way Kissinger is on notice to avoid certain jurisdictions–notice that he has taken to heart, avoiding the unpleasantness of an armed confrontation.
BTW, they pretty much have declared that, from jump. That’s the whole idea of universal jurisdiction (your crime, your victims, and your nationality need not be local–only your person when arrested)
Well, first of all, it just confirms my impression of the righties that they aren’t even slightly perturbed at the fact that this President is the first one, I’ll have to say in modern times, at least, since I haven’t bothered to research the idea that prior ones in the more misty mists of time might have come up under this heading, that would even conceivably be subject to international jurisdiction for crimes of the sort we’re talking about here.
This is not something to be proud of.
BTW, as for his lackeys, like Rice, Gonzales (especially), John Yoo (doubly so), Cheney, and Rumsfeld, not to mention the despicable General Miller, well, they would be very well advised to take the Kissinger route.
Why would anyone be perturbed that same rabidly anti-Bush poster on an internet message board makes the unsupported claim that Bush could be arrested in Europe? Since it’s an entirely fanciful proposition, it invites only derision.
Would it confirm your impression of lefties if one of the righties on this board opened a thread that Kerry could be arrested in Europe for war crimes committed during Vietnam? Didn’t he, afterall, pretty much admit that he committed such crimes? Should any of those lefties be perturbed? Of course not.