Political Quotes

“If I may conclude my comments first. I think it makes more sense to try individuals when we have a chance. The Achille Lauro case was a classic case. The Egyptians would not try Abu Abbas, the terrorist. We intercepted a flight and landed him in Italy. The Italians let him go. We had an international crisis. Trinidad and Tobago cannot try drug traffickers because of the threat imposed on its government. It is a small country that has raised this issue. It wants another forum, because of the pressures, to go after drug traffickers and drug kingpins. The International Criminal Court could provide such a forum. There is a great deal of interest internationally in establishing such a forum. Let me tell my colleague and friends here that I am not committing myself to vote for any treaty on an international criminal court of justice until I see the details. Where my colleague and I disagree is that he fundamentally disagrees with the establishment of any such court. I think we ought to pursue it, and that is the difference here.”