We have been warned for years that international treaties regarding war crimes, torture and the treatment of POWs might one day resulty in American service members being tried in foreign courts, where any war crimes they commit would be treated as though they were war crimes.
Now, Bush Administration officials have discovered that the War Crimes Act of 1996 obliges the U.S. government to respond to (some) violations of the Geneva Convention as though they were violations of the Geneva Convention.
Some persons charged under it might even be in danger of the death penalty, which they would not face in most foreign courts.
Is there no end to such insanity?
Well, probably. Legislation is now being written creating exemptions for, well, everybody.
But the law itself will not be repealed, because the USA takes war crimes very seriously.
//The Magic Eight-Ball says, "You should see how serious Dick Cheney's face looks right now."\\
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