Rumsfeld to be sued in Germany for war crimes?
Charges Sought Against Rumsfeld Over Prison Abuse
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.
Just days after his resignation, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is about to face more repercussions for his involvement in the troubled wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. New legal documents, to be filed next week with Germany's top prosecutor, will seek a criminal investigation and prosecution of Rumsfeld, along with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former CIA director George Tenet and other senior U.S. civilian and military officers, for their alleged roles in abuses committed at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. ...
If George Bush has any balls left at all his response to this will be "Come and get him. I dare you."
Rumsfeld to be sued in Germany for war crimes
Allahpundit
The nutroots will delight at the irony of Germans sitting in judgment of American hawks at a war-crimes trial. Will anyone else?
A few points.
1. Time is claiming its story is an exclusive. Really? Then how’d it end up on the Blotter yesterday morning?
2. Am I misreading the story or is Drudge? His headline says, “Germany to pursue criminal prosecution of Rumsfeld over prison abuse.” From the article: [...]
Sounds like they’re petitioning the German government to prosecute, but whether it ultimately will or not is up to the powers that be and hasn’t been decided yet. Also, why would they prosecute this time if they opted not to do so two years ago? Rumsfeld logically has less of an immunity defense now than he did in 2004, so “U.S. authorities and courts” should be even better able to deal with him today.
And just as I finish typing that last sentence, I see Drudge has removed the red font and rewritten the headline to say “Germany may pursue criminal prosecution.” Super.
3. The key point: if the left thinks its acquiescence in a sovereignty grab by European powers will redound to its electoral advantage, then I fervently urge them to follow their inclinations. The only people who’d be happier than the nutroots to see Rumsfeld led away by German police is the Republican National Committee.
Speaking of Rumsfeld and electoral advantages, I’ll leave you with this. Weep: ...
*** Charges Sought Against Rumsfeld Over Prison Abuse
... Bush better come out strong in defense of Rummy or even more folks will be done with him. I would tell the those filing charges to come and get him if they really want him. Alberto Gonzales and George Tenant are also to be named…Bush can’t be too far behind. ...
*** Before you go ballistic on Germany
Michelle Malkin
Yes, yes, I know, there's a big siren up at Drudge over Time magazine's exclusive on a lawsuit being filed against Don Rumsfeld over "prison abuse."
The German government isn't filing the lawsuit. It's 11 Iraqis and a Saudi who went court-shopping and filed in Germany because the country "provides 'universal jurisdiction' allowing for the prosecution of war crimes and related offenses that take place anywhere in the world." A previous lawsuit was filed on similar grounds and was dismissed. Yes, Germany has its share of weasels. But German Chancellor Angela Merkel isn't one of them and outrage at the country is premature. Calls to close our bases in Germany over this hyped news story are, with all due respect, silly. ...
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