Rumsfeld To Be Charged In Germany

From Time:

A lawsuit in Germany will seek a criminal prosecution of the outgoing Defense Secretary and other U.S. officials for their alleged role in abuses at Abu Ghraib and Gitmo

This was tried a couple of years back and it got dropped because of political pressure.  I don't think this one will get far either, but one never knows.  It isn't the German Government bringing the charges, it is a group of Iraqi insurgents.

Even you Democrats should fear this.  If you are in power and have to use military force, it could be you people next.  Don't give me any crap about being more "honorable", etc.  That has nothing to do with it.

If your enemies can bring the charges, you will be in for some real problems.

VW

Comments

[mudkitty]

Big brave guy won't post mudkitty, test. Bore.

[canuckistani]

Oh please, gimme a break. Gitmo and Abu Ghraib are nothing compared to Saddam's gulags and purges. If they are going to go after the U.S. for that krap then they should go after all the Middle Eastern countries, and China for their policies of torture against enemies of the state. The whole thing is horseshit!

[Jorg-AtlanticReview]

The German prosecutors have not made any decision. whether Rumsfeld shall be investigated or not.

The plaintiffs are Iraqis, not Germans. The plaintiffs are supported by an American NGO, not a German NGO. They WANT to have a criminal investigation in Germany, but it is doubtful whether they will get one.

They have not even contacted the German prosecutors yet. They have just issued a press release, picked up by TIME magazine. That's all that happened, but the American blogosphere goes ballistic and blames Germany, although Germany has not done anything. Crazy.
Apparently, many American bloggers are so convinced that Germans are Anti-American that they can't see straight anymore.

German prosecutors have dismissed similar cases in the past.

This is explained in more detail in the Atlantic Review, which is edited by three German Fulbright Alumni.