I Guess It Doesn't Hurt To Ask
Topic: Politics
So we've got dozens of charges of abuse pending and we want to ensure the perpetrators are exempt from any type of punishment? Granted, we've violated every kind of law there is already but the sheer tenacity it takes to request the right to do wrong, when you've just been caught doing wrong positively slays me.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan sharply criticized the United States on Thursday for seeking another exemption from the International Criminal Court, particularly in light of the Iraqi prisoner scandal.

"The blanket exemption is wrong. It is of dubious judicial value and I don't think it should be encouraged by the council," Annan told reporters.

The Bush administration, for the third year, is seeking to renew a Security Council resolution that would exempt from the court's prosecution military and civilian personnel "related to a UN-authorized operation" such as that in Iraq.