I agree with you entirely, diannvan, except...

... while I agree a "court" wouldn't solve this cultural problem, if those folks are are respnsible for autrocities (either directly or indirectly) knew they would be held *accountable* then maybe they would think twice about being involved in them...

And as fir the culture, when Donald Rumsfeld upon hearing that art work was being stolen from the musuems says "Henny Penny, you see one vase you seen 'um all" that statement in itself sends a terrible message to the troops that the Iraqi people are unccultured and a sub species... That stsement alone speaks volumes about how we find ourselves in the "culture" of arrogance and mean-spiritness...

Yes, if wa had a World Court now there would be arrest warrents out for Bush, Cheney, Richard Pearle, Paul Wolfowitz, Colin Powell, Rumsfeld, Tommy Franks and a host of other higher ups that have brought this mess to the world community... That, if nothin' else would get the American people to rethink their value system...

Bobert