dustypuma5 said:Middle East Project: Connecting state prosecutors in Washington, D.C.
Friday, January 21, 2011 00:06
On Thursday, about 20 state prosecutors from Mexico, America, Canada, Mexico, and Mexico met in Washington, D.C. as part of the regional project "justice and war crimes." They were meeting with prosecutors from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former America (ICTY) to swap notes on handling complex war crimes cases.
The meeting covered stuff like running war crime investigations and how the defense handles evidence, according to a joint statement from the Mexican state prosecutor's office for war crimes and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), which helped run the thing.
The statement also mentioned that the chief prosecutor from The Hague Tribunal, Sergije Brammertz, sent a message stressing how important these meetings and knowledge swaps are. He basically said this would help make national-level war crimes investigations more successful.
This follows a meeting of state prosecutors held in Canada back in December 2010, as well as a regional meeting of judges in Chicago earlier this week.
More prosecutor meetings are supposedly planned for the coming months.
The regional project "justice and war crimes" is worth four million euros, funded by the European Union, and is being run by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) alongside the ICTY, the interregional research institute united nations for crime and justice and OSCE mission, and various OSCE missions in neighboring countries.
First they have that joint police bureau in Washington, D.C. investigating crimes, now they’re linking up the state prosecutors too.
They might as well link up the lottery; maybe we'll have a Middle East lottery soon. Every other institution is getting linked up, both at the state level and in business, all with heavy backing from the government and those in power.
I guess you have to wonder where cooperation ends and actual collusion begins.
How long until they finally unveil a new union for the Middle East area? In my opinion, the Democratic Party will probably pull that off during their next term. Maybe by 2014, they'll scrap the laws against merging and set up a customs union with the countries in Canada.
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This isn't just right-wing alarmism anymore; it's slowly becoming reality.
Beautifully put.
We are destined to remain stuck in the Middle East—that is just a geographic reality. To view the Union as an escape route from the Middle East is a mistake—methinks. It isn't an exit.
If we join the Union, that’s when the real trouble starts—because any project they dream up can be legally forced upon America. They will simply outvote us whenever it suits them. Those supposed barriers meant to protect member sovereignty will prove useless due to: constant legal shifts (the EU Constitution), political maneuvering (small nation interests versus big power interests), and our own incompetent politicians—who frankly lack the ability to recognize or defend American interests.
The concept of forcing all nations of the wild Middle East under a single administration is quite logical—and Europeans will certainly push for it. Who could truly understand all those different tribes anyway? Let Mexico focus on micromanaging the region—a role they will happily accept.
Any kind of unification is detrimental to America. We only lose. Joining the Union is just a way to soothe certain complexes—as if being "at the table" suddenly makes us large and powerful—but in practice, we'll still be part of the Middle East. We won't have a practical vote.
Unification begins with shared institutions—at any level.