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Halliburton

(1,802 posts)
Thu Aug 7, 2014, 10:58 AM Aug 2014

Netanyahu asks U.S. lawmakers to help fend off war crimes charges

Source: Haaretz

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked United States legislators to assist Israel in fending off charges that Israel committed war crimes during its month-long operation in Gaza, the New York Post reported on Wednesday.

“The prime minister asked us to work together to ensure that this strategy of going to the International Criminal Court does not succeed,” Democratic congressman Steve Israel told the Post by phone from Tel Aviv.

Israel was one of a group of American lawmakers who met with Netanyahu in Israel on Wednesday.

Palestinian leaders met with ICC officials in The Hague this week, preparatory to making a formal application to join the international tribunal.


Read more: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.609436

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Netanyahu asks U.S. lawmakers to help fend off war crimes charges (Original Post) Halliburton Aug 2014 OP
heck, he already owns a dozen or so senators. ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2014 #1
"I Have No Sympathy For Bibi" billhicks76 Aug 2014 #24
Well he came to the right 'folks', we're experts at fending off war crimes n/t whatchamacallit Aug 2014 #2
I really wish we could rec replies. Soylent Brice Aug 2014 #6
Indeed... n/t KoKo Aug 2014 #12
Exactly! BrotherIvan Aug 2014 #17
Hey BIBI COORACPRO Aug 2014 #3
The Congress will hear its master's voice . . . another_liberal Aug 2014 #4
I can't figure out why Netanyahu even felt the need to ask? Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #35
What a F*ckin' CHUMP! vkkv Aug 2014 #5
Screw teh trial.... dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #7
Gee, all Netanyahu did was murder some folks en masse after putting them on a "diet" Jack Rabbit Aug 2014 #8
Oops IDemo Aug 2014 #9
true, but we'll threaten and coerce other member nations to comply with his request.. frylock Aug 2014 #10
Oh, I know IDemo Aug 2014 #11
A done-deal since Day One. QuestForSense Aug 2014 #22
Duplicate thread DeadLetterOffice Aug 2014 #13
Different forum IDemo Aug 2014 #14
Fair enough. DeadLetterOffice Aug 2014 #16
Attempting to subvert justice and unfortunately there are creeps willing to assist. nt Cognitive_Resonance Aug 2014 #15
It says a lot about a person if they have to ask for a strategy to fend off accusations gtar100 Aug 2014 #18
yes MFM008 Aug 2014 #26
Why not, we're the best at it. Phlem Aug 2014 #19
“Once we squeeze all we can out of the United States, it can dry up and blow away.” ~ Netanyahu Galraedia Aug 2014 #20
imho, there are a multitude of crimes against humanity. saidsimplesimon Aug 2014 #21
No. They US must do nothing for him. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #23
So he wants us to pay him and cover up his dirty laundry as well? lark Aug 2014 #25
That's exactly what they expect davidpdx Aug 2014 #31
What did that neo-conservative think was going to happen when he authorized the bombings of schools w4rma Aug 2014 #27
It seems Netanyahu is an expensive Little Satan. Trillo Aug 2014 #30
Will the US help bury any war crimes charges against Israel? BillZBubb Aug 2014 #28
Of course he does. LiberalAndProud Aug 2014 #29
And of course we will Marrah_G Aug 2014 #32
Pathetic fujiyama Aug 2014 #33
Bibi has some nerve Liberal_from_va34 Aug 2014 #34
 

another_liberal

(8,821 posts)
4. The Congress will hear its master's voice . . .
Thu Aug 7, 2014, 11:19 AM
Aug 2014

And it will act accordingly.

You can bet the farm on that. When it comes to arming Israel with the weapons to kill and maim more Palestinians, few of our Senators or Representatives (of either Party) remember anything about a deficit. As far as providing those same Israeli leaders with all the diplomatic cover they need to avoid responsibility for their war crimes, that is just a given.

 

vkkv

(3,384 posts)
5. What a F*ckin' CHUMP!
Thu Aug 7, 2014, 11:21 AM
Aug 2014

Gather up all suspected war criminals past (BushCo) and present and have one quick trial.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
7. Screw teh trial....
Thu Aug 7, 2014, 11:26 AM
Aug 2014

We drone American citizens and thousands of other souls on this planet sans trial.
Why should the masters of war get one?

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
8. Gee, all Netanyahu did was murder some folks en masse after putting them on a "diet"
Thu Aug 7, 2014, 11:38 AM
Aug 2014

But it's important to look back and understand how afraid his folks were that they would resort to things like bombing schools and hospitals. Hey, at least we're looking at them as "folks" and not just some "little snakes." I think we can understand how a right wing moron in the Knesset would call Palestinian children "little snakes," too.

Of course, any one who can make those make those kinds of excuses for Bibi the Butcher and the rest of the Israeli right can also make excuses for Hamas and their crude rockets. Can't we call out both sides for their excesses without forgetting they are human beings?

Having said that as a human being, I would not want to see members of Congress become complicit in Bibi crimes.


IDemo

(16,926 posts)
9. Oops
Thu Aug 7, 2014, 11:45 AM
Aug 2014

The US isn't a member of the International Criminal Court and can't do a single thing to help you, Bibi.

gtar100

(4,192 posts)
18. It says a lot about a person if they have to ask for a strategy to fend off accusations
Thu Aug 7, 2014, 01:36 PM
Aug 2014

of war crimes. Not on my to-do list for today thankfully. But gee, Netanyahu, if you're so confident in the rightness of your actions, shouldn't your justifications be your defense? If you *had* to do it, that shouldn't be hard to explain.

This sounds like the conspiracy of criminals. We can only guess which senators will rise to the occasion. Justice isn't the goal here. Winning is.

MFM008

(19,820 posts)
26. yes
Thu Aug 7, 2014, 04:51 PM
Aug 2014

why do you worry about fending off accusations of war crimes unless you have committed war crimes.

Galraedia

(5,027 posts)
20. “Once we squeeze all we can out of the United States, it can dry up and blow away.” ~ Netanyahu
Thu Aug 7, 2014, 01:55 PM
Aug 2014
U.S. intelligence sources report that the one Israeli who is considered an extreme threat to U.S. national security is former prime minister and current prime minister hopeful Binyamin Netanyahu. Not only has Netanyahu visited convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard in his North Carolina prison cell and advocated strenuously for his release, but he was once overheard by an ex-CIA agent as saying to a group of his supporters, “Once we squeeze all we can out of the United States, it can dry up and blow away.” Considering the damage the neocons and their Israeli facilitators are causing for U.S. national security, Netanyahu may soon have his wish.

Source: http://www.democratic-republicans.us/enationalist/netanyahu-squeeze-america-dry-and-let-it-blow-away

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
21. imho, there are a multitude of crimes against humanity.
Thu Aug 7, 2014, 01:58 PM
Aug 2014

The international community is demanding justice by rule of law in an international criminal court. If that happens all parties regardless of flag will face condemnation, and disgust for an unwillingness to negotiate a settlement.

lark

(23,158 posts)
25. So he wants us to pay him and cover up his dirty laundry as well?
Thu Aug 7, 2014, 04:28 PM
Aug 2014

I'm sure many in Congress will have no issue with that at all, craven as they are.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
31. That's exactly what they expect
Thu Aug 7, 2014, 08:34 PM
Aug 2014

What are we suppose to give them an alibi. Well Nutanyahoo couldn't have done it.

 

w4rma

(31,700 posts)
27. What did that neo-conservative think was going to happen when he authorized the bombings of schools
Thu Aug 7, 2014, 05:19 PM
Aug 2014

that American tax payers built? And power plants insured by our government?

Power Plant Bombed In Gaza Is Insured By U.S. Government
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/30/gaza-power-plant_n_5634723.html

 
34. Bibi has some nerve
Fri Aug 8, 2014, 01:07 AM
Aug 2014

Screw that warmongering prick, he doesn't deserve our support. Let him face the music at the ICC.

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