How do we try our leaders for treason?

Bruce Anderson speaks for most of us when he says that those responsible for the EU crisis should be tried for crimes against humanity.

His analysis of where we are now and what happens next is thought-provoking but I believe he is looking at the problem through the wrong lens.

"... in pectore, the Prime Minister and the Chancellor believe that the collapse of the Euro would be the least bad option. But they are determined to keep their fingerprints off the dagger handle."

In other words, he believes that Cameron and Osborne are more scared of the EU mafia than they are of us.

He may well be right. But what does that say about our democracy?

He asserts that the "EU high command" (EUHC) is unrealistic and incapable of exercising common sense. I challenge that assertion on the grounds that the high command's goals differ from ours - therefore, what constitutes success for them will differ from our notion of success.

The EUHC view the world from behind the lens of ever-closer union, at all costs. Their goals are common to a small group of leaders and their groupies, to whom fiscal union makes perfect sense. So their proposals are common sense to their ilk, but not to the much wider group, whose worldview is very different.

"... but my guess is that this week's summit will find a way of postponing the crisis, to such an extent the the Eurozone leaders will be able to claim that the problem is solved"

Further "kicking the can down the road" will be instantly spotted by the markets and government bond spreads will reflect its disapproval. But that won't stop the EU mafia; they'll continue to find ways to by-pass obstacles, ignoring law and ignoring the famine and pestilence their agenda will leave in its wake. Why? Because, to the EU mafia, the problem would be solved - the problem (from their POV) being the ability to buy time so that ESM Treaty mechanisms can be put in place.

So when they claim that they've solved the problem, they're telling the truth - from their perspective.

The latest bypasses of the powers:

• Bernanke tries to disguise QE3 (which he's been itching to issue since September) which is given birth to fund EU bailouts via the IMF.

• Merkozy attempts to bypass law by lending to the IMF so that it can lend to EZ prisoner nations.

The people of Europe are mere debt collateral - that debt serviced via taxes. Hence the Italian and Greek PM appointees.

"They deserve to stand trial at the Hague, for multiple, grievous and premeditated offences against human rights.

Absolutely.

But how do we bring that about when those with their hands on the levers of power are the very people who should be in the dock?

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• Merkel and Sarkozy meet in Paris: 'And now for our next coup...' - Mary Ellen Synon