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You cannot talk about a victory when most US-based or supported war criminals are still free. They don't care about the ICC as Duterte did not. Brazil's ex-mil
by rurban 2y ago
You cannot talk about a victory when most US-based or supported war criminals are still free. They don't care about the ICC as Duterte did not.
Brazil's ex-military still not in prison e.g.
And all the US presidents or CIA leaders roaming free.
Certainly not a victory.
- Pet_Ant 2y agoI think it is fair to point out. George Bush helped erode the rules based order with the Iraq war. The US has always refused to accept anything that would limit exercising it's power.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> George Bush helped erode the rules based order with the Iraq war The original sin was NATO—a defensive alliance—bombing Yugoslavia. Iraq was just a WTF cherry on top. That said, we didn’t annex anything, which the norm Russia toppled in Ukraine. Though now Trump and his supporters appear keen to make Iraq look milquetoast.
- rat9988 2y agoWether there is annexion or not, does it make it any better for the dead?
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> Wether there is annexion or not, does it make it any better for the dead? It reduces the number of dead going forward by lowering the upside from wars of conquest.
- hulitu 2y ago> That said, we didn’t annex anything Eastern Europe is now part of NATO. /s
- Teever 2y agoI bet that Duterte's victims would consider it a victory. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoWe aren’t party to the Rome Statute [1]. Our refusal to coöperate with the ICC doesn’t undermine the rules-based international order, which is first and foremost based on a notion of state sovereignty. It undermines the international human rights project (that admittedly seems to be dead). [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome_Statute https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome_Statute