Costa Rica's highest Court : Support for Iraq war unconstitutional

[arcos]

The Costa Rican Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court just voted unanimously that the government must ask the Bush administration to remove Costa Rica's name from the "Coalition of the Willing", since it was unconstitutional to support the war in Iraq.

Although there was widespread opposition to the war here, our stupid and stubborn government supported it. In fact, our President once said "I don't like anyone dying, but I had to choose between the death of Arab children or the massive death of American and Costa Rican children, what do you think I prefer?" :grr: :grr: :grr:

[wuushew]

1. Thats the way the cookie crumbles

Thats what like five out of thirty? I am confident that most of the European "allies" will heed the demands of their people. For some of the smaller and poorer island nations the lure of American bribes will be too great.


(From the whitehouse, http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030321-4.html)


Forty-eight countries are publicly committed to the Coalition, including:

Afghanistan
Albania
Angola
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bulgaria
Colombia
Costa Rica
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Georgia
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Japan
Kuwait
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Mongolia
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Palau
Panama
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Rwanda
Singapore
Slovakia
Solomon Islands
South Korea
Spain
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uzbekistan

[arcos]

2. Yep...

I have no idea what the US offered Costa Rica's government, but it must have been good.

Now we will be out out the "coalition", but we will never be out of Fahrenheit 911 :P

[69KV]

3. Costa Rica - I don't get it

Costa Rica does not even have a military. It has been forbidden by that country's constitution to have a military since, I think, the 1940s.

How in the world did they wind up on the Shrub Regime's Coalition of the Bribed list? (oops - heh - did I just answer my own question :))