Ex-President of Liberia Aided War Crimes, Court Rules

Shocking. Just shocking news.

THE HAGUE — Charles G. Taylor, the former president of Liberia and once a powerful warlord, was convicted by an international tribunal on Thursday of 11 counts of planning, aiding and abetting war crimes committed in Sierra Leone during that country’s civil war in the 1990s.

I want you, the dear reader, to understand exactly what this says. Taylor is convicted of "planning", "aiding and abetting" war crimes in ANOTHER COUNTRY. Another. Country. Do you understand how this can apply to a LOT of other countries? This is not a defense of Taylor. What this whole thing means is that if a country "plans", "aides and abets" some other "rebel" group in any other country. The leader of that third party country can be held legally responsible for anything that the "rebels" do even if it cannot be shown that the third party country actually commanded such actions. What do you think the odds are of certain Europeans countries being held to the same standard?