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Old 06-23-2003, 11:34 AM   #28 (permalink)
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Originally posted by Dragonlich
Dude, as I already said: it doesn't matter if there's supposed to be a trial. The very fact that the leader of an allied nation is sued for something is enough to sour the atmosphere. It is the propaganda value that matters. If a simple lawsuit can be important enough to anger the US (and Israel, and a lot of other countries), the people who file the suit are in fact controlling/hijacking Belgian's foreign policies. They are abusing the law for their own causes.

FYI: a political opponent of the current foreign minister (who incidentally was one of the instigators of the law) filed suit against that minister under this law. He claims that the minister is (partly) responsible for Nepalese war crimes, because he okayed a shipment of machine guns to the Nepalese army, which has a rather dubious track record... With this simple act, the guy has shown how the law can be abused by anyone.
i just dont see how having a court case filed against somebody is something "enough to sour the atmosphere".
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