"Bjørnar" wrote:

(BUFDRVR) wrote in

Great, he was not indicted, but the problem remains the same.
The US is the universal target for anyones ill feelings,

I'm supprised you admit to that. Perhaps the US should start
to address that and ask themselves "why".

The ICC issue is a good representation. 120 nations agree
on a permanent court that will prosecute war crimes and
secure international justice, but the US, apparently, feels
it shouldn't have to be held responsible for its own breaches
of international human rights and justice.

That may be the ideal but I don't think it would be the practice.

Just look at what a Presidential visit does. It becomes the
focal point for all the lefties/fascists/anarchists/greens to
strut their stuff in front of a TV camera. Same with IMF/World
Bank meetings, or G7 meetings, etc.

I assure you, if the ICC came about, US military and political
persons would be spending all their time defending themselves
in "court".

Even with no chance of actual indictment, it would give value
just providing images of American Presidents or generals being
hauled into "World Court" to explain their actions.

It was for good reason that the founding fathers of the US
thought it prudent that the President should not be personally
liable for his official actions in a court of law.

He'd spend all his time there if this were not so.


SMH