2002 Ron Paul 40:1
Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself
the remaining time.
(Mr. PAUL asked and was given permission
to revise and extend his remarks.)
2002 Ron Paul 40:2
Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, it is unprecedented
to repudiate a signature
on a treaty, but it is very important.
They must have felt it was extremely
important for the protection of our soldiers.
So it is this discomfort we might
feel about the repudiation of a signature
versus doing what we think is best
to protect our troops. I honestly believe
that this is very necessary.
2002 Ron Paul 40:3
Now, the argument that all of a sudden
we are going to capture Saddam
Hussein and we are not going to have
the international criminal court to
deal with him, that is really not a good
argument because the special tribunals
for Yugoslavia as well as Rwanda can
and still be set up. It has nothing to do
with that, so that would still be available.
2002 Ron Paul 40:4
And it is the jurisdiction, it is the
sovereignty, it is the civil liberties of
the American soldier that we are dealing
with. The gentleman from Georgia
(Mr. BARR) brought this up, and this is
very true. These trials, they do not
have juries. The judges are appointed
in secret. They cannot face their accusers.
And we are going to join an organization
like that, endorse it, send
money and say that our troops may become
subject to this? To me, it is an
extremely dangerous situation that we
have here now, because we did not even
ratify the treaty. We have repudiated
the signature and they are still saying
this is going to apply to our soldiers.
We have a serious problem on our
hands and we should at least do this
very little thing here, because this is a
sense of Congress resolution that we
would not like to have the President
spend any money on this, and this
would support his position.
