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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 06:47 AM Oct 2012

Problem Solved: Romney Aide Says World Court Would Arrest Ahmadinejad

For a candidate who frequently accuses President Obama of kowtowing to the international community, Mitt Romney’s aides sure have an optimistic view of the global justice system. A top Romney adviser suggested that the World Court could arrest Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, cutting off the regime’s leadership in one fell swoop.

During Monday’s presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla., Romney brought up the notion of indicting Ahmadinejad for his inflammatory statements against Israel. The Iranian dictator famously was quoted in a speech saying that Israel “must be wiped off the map,” though the translation was later revealed to be somewhat inaccurate.

“I’d make sure that Ahmadinejad is indicted under the Genocide Convention. His words amount to genocide incitation,” Romney said. According to Romney senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom, successfully indicting Ahmadinejad would be more than just a symbolic victory.

“I think it would remove probably one of the most anti-Jewish, anti-Israel, pro-genocide members of that regime in Tehran,” he told TPM after the debate. As to whether he would actually be arrested: “I’m hoping that he would be indicted and that action would unfold following that indictment. Absolutely.”

Others in the Romney camp seemed a little unsure of how the indictment would play out. John Sununu, a top Romney surrogate, told TPM after the debate that the hypothetical charges wouldn’t even be about Israel, but about the violent repression of his own people.

more:
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/10/foreign-policy-debate-obama-romney-boca-raton-third-debate.php?ref=fpa

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Problem Solved: Romney Aide Says World Court Would Arrest Ahmadinejad (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2012 OP
So next time Ahmadinejad or his successor exboyfil Oct 2012 #1
I don't know on what planet either one of those two scenarios might unfold..... left on green only Oct 2012 #2
We did not ratify the 2002 treaty that established the ICC and withdrew our support. Warren Stupidity Oct 2012 #3
Exactly Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2012 #4

exboyfil

(17,865 posts)
1. So next time Ahmadinejad or his successor
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 06:50 AM
Oct 2012

speaks in front of the U.N. we should break diplomatic immunity and arrest him?

left on green only

(1,484 posts)
2. I don't know on what planet either one of those two scenarios might unfold.....
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 06:57 AM
Oct 2012

.....considering that no one on this planet could even manage to indict BP Oil for their actual decimation of the planet's ecology. I mean, BP Oil didn't even just threaten their actions, they actually performed them.

 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
3. We did not ratify the 2002 treaty that established the ICC and withdrew our support.
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 07:02 AM
Oct 2012

So "we" aren't going to indict anyone. Nobody has bothered pointing out that ramblin Romney was talking out of his ass on this idiocy too.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,438 posts)
4. Exactly
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 07:16 AM
Oct 2012

Romney also apparently doesn't understand the leadership structure in Iran.

Is Romney suggesting that the answers to all the world's problems could be solved by going in to countries and arresting leaders?

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