Iraq

[Otto]

----- Original Message -----
From: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: Iraq


> on 8/2/03 3:28 PM, vze422fs at verizon.net at vze422fs at verizon.net wrote:
>
> >>> First, there are numerous other unjust and murderous regimes out
there; so
> >>> why select Iraq?
> >>
> >> This is such a dud argument. There is not one system of jurisprudence,
not
> >> one defence attorney, who would even think to countenance a case on
this
> >> basis: "Your Honour, whether or not my client is guilty is irrelevant.
There
> >> are many other criminals who are just as guilty who are not being tried
in
> >> this court, ipso facto it's erroneous and unjust to try my client at
this
> >> time. I demand that we arraign the prosecutor instead." It's a load of
> >> bollocks.
> >>
> > Sorry dude, but you're wrong. Selective prosecution is an arguable
defense.
> > Comes under the heading of equal protection under the law.
>
> Ah, "selective prosecution", that desperate wail of protest in the
condemned
> man's throat, the bleating cry of the rightfully accused, last refuge and
> final trump up the sleeve of the hired charlatan. Effectively, it's an
> admission of guilt. It was Milosevic's defence as well, if I recall
> correctly.
>
> Go ahead, make your case for Saddam. Show how SC Resolution 1441 is an
> instance of "selective prosecution".
>
> best
>

Resolution 1441 is just a resolution among many resolutions, and many
resolutions are violated by the addressed country. The "selective
prosecution" is to be seen in the way the US and their so-called allies are
pushing the world to war in this case.

No appeasement to anybody (including the US) who is threatening his
neighbors or others with weapons of mass destruction.

Otto

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