Belgium: The Conscience of the World
Charles Johnson
Sat Jun 21, 2003 at 9:40 am PDT • Views: 182
Yesterday the Belgian Foreign Minister found himself accused under the same Belgian war crimes law that is being used against Ariel Sharon, George Bush, and Donald Rumsfeld.
He didn’t like it very much.
Now, all of a sudden, a leading Belgian politician wants to abolish the law. (Hat tip: Amos.)
Former prime minister Jean-Luc Dehaene made the proposal late Friday following repeated U.S. demands that the 1993 law be repealed.
“I think our ambitions are higher than our possibilities and that can jeopardize the role we have to play as European capital,” Dehaene told the Canvas television network.
“It’s a bit crazy to think we could be the conscience of the world,” he added.
They’re so pathetically funny, it’s hard to even get angry at the hapless poodles of Belgium. (Unlike the French.)
Frank says: