Hillary Clinton recently demanded that Kenya set up a special tribunal to bring to trial the perpetrators of political violence in that country that killed over a thousand civilians over its presidential elections.
Wait. Clinton wants Kenya to investigate its war crimes?
Maybe Kenya doesn’t want to look back but instead wants to focus on looking forward? Maybe the President of Kenya is reading from President Obama’s playbook: don’t investigate your own government’s past.
Clinton told Kenya that not investigating will result in perpetuationg the nation’s “culture of impunity”.
Well, duh. Isn’t that what the US is doing?
I think if I were a Kenyan politician, listening to Clinton berate me and my government about it’s lack of investigations into obvious war crimes, I’d probably stand up and shout, “Right back at you!”
Maybe Clinton should give a speech to Obama and demand that he investigate American war crimes, such as torturing prisoners against the Geneva Convention. Maybe Clinton should warn Obama about the “culture of impunity” that not investigating will perpetuate.
Otherwise, it’s hard to take seriously these sorts of demands by the US for other countries to investigate their war crimes.
I’m just sayin’.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/world/africa/06diplo.html?hp
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