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U.S. Weighs Shift to Support Hague Court as It Investigates Russian Atrocities
- ggm 5y agoIt's been long mentioned in the non US press how strongly US refusal to respect international law for US actions abroad undermined the authority of the court.
- DoItToMe81 5y agoWho remembers the Hague Invasion Act? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Pr... https://www.hrw.org/news/2002/08/03/us-hague-invasion-act-becomes-law https://www.hrw.org/news/2002/08/03/us-hague-invasion-act-be...
- john_the_writer 5y agoPerhaps we should change their name to Karen.
- stareatgoats 5y agoIf the Us shifts to supporting an international court of law then it is a definite step towards establishing a "new world order", one where every country, including US citizens and the US itself, might be found culpable in one respect or other. Some might see this as the menacing threat of a new "world government". Others (myself included) view it as a natural evolution in an increasingly interconnected world, a bloody necessity even.
- rasz 5y agoLets hope this https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/the-kill-team-how-u-s-soldiers-in-afghanistan-murdered-innocent-civilians-169793/ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/the-kill... and https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/apr/05/wikileaks-us-army-iraq-attack https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/apr/05/wikileaks-us-a... will be prosecuted in parallel to Russian atrocities.