Hyperbole

Read this:
U.S. Ends Military Aid to 35 Countries - Reuters

Why should our miscreant military and political leaders be exempt from prosecution in the World Court? Why shouldn't we be held to the same standard as the rest of the world? What makes us so special? What are we afraid of? That maybe old Gen. Westmoreland is going to get carted off to The Hague to face justice? Or maybe Robert McNamara? Would that have been such a bad thing? I mean that not as a rhetorical question -- I really don't know. Still, I don't understand why now, in 2003, we are resisting the idea of international standards of conduct and justice.

The worst part of this, is that we've already signed the treaty! Shouldn't the president honor treaties signed by past leaders? Doesn't he want future leaders to respect the agreements he signs?

Okay, I'll stop ranting, but this one really chapped my hide.