Can Bush or Cheney ever visit Europe without taking the risk of being arrested?

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/05/AR2011020502822.html

Bush trip to Switzerland called off amid threats of protests, legal action

By Peter Finn
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, February 5, 2011; 9:48 PM

A planned trip to Switzerland by George W. Bush was canceled after human rights activists called for demonstrations and threatened legal action over allegations that the former president sanctioned the torture of terrorism suspects.

The New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights and several European human rights groups said they were planning to file a complaint against Bush and wanted Swiss prosecutors to open a criminal case against him once he arrived in the country.

In what would have been his first European trip since leaving the presidency, Bush was scheduled to speak in Geneva on Feb. 12 at a dinner in honor of the United Israel Appeal. A lawyer for the organization said Bush's appearance was canceled because of the risk of violence, and that the threat of legal action was not an issue.

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Don't forget Rummy

I think the Germans still have a warrant out for his arrest.

[Ineeda]

2. Vermont, too, I think. n/t

[RoccoR5955]

10. Yep... They never visited the Green Mountain State...

when they were IN office, now if they ever go there, they have reservations at the Crowbar Hotel.

[Bragi]

3. Nope. Or Condi or the other insiders

Notice how none of them have international book tours to promote their memoirs.

Their inability to travel abroad is one reward for being part of the lawless Bush administration. General reputational damage is another.

I just wish they could face trials.

[dipsydoodle]

4. They cannot , without risking arrest , visit any country

which classifies aggression as a crime. Not sure which European countries that applies too. Your post does state the threat of legal action was not an issue , in this instance , so I assume Switzerland is not one such country.

[DesertFlower]

5. the fact that they can't says it all.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Why would Europe even let them in?

[elleng]

7. Prolly not; too bad. Would LOVE to get them the hell OUT OF THIS COUNTRY!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. They shouldn't be able to visit the bathroom without risking arrest.

But, that would require justice here.

[War Horse]

9. Yes

Of course. Any European nation arresting a former US president? Or even such a vile human being as former VP Cheney? Realistically?

[mattclearing]

11. Cancelled due to threat of violence? What happened to, "Bring it on?"

:D

[lsewpershad]

12. The rest of the world might be affraid to act

for fear that the "exceptional, all powerful US of A" might use such action as a pretext for war.

[spanone]

13. no