The US didn't ratify the Rome Statute which gives them a carte blanche on war crimes.

What a great club to be in, along with Russia, Israel and Sudan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_Internat...

Not a part of ICC, therefore no war crimes, right?

And now we also have a parallel UN just because the UN has become an object of mockery due to largely the same permanent members that can veto any decision.

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yostrovs 2 days ago | parent [-]

Pretending that there's international law, even a court to enforce it, is just closing one's eyes. It's all talk when the court is alone, without any police power to enforce its judgements. The Rome Statute and the ICC exist to make people feel better, to have people believe that the world is just thanks to a few brave bureaucrats. These bureaucrats issue statements, judgements, even arrest warrants! That sounds serious. The judges even look serious.

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Schmerika 2 days ago | parent [-]

"Might makes right" is not a smart or sensible way for a sentient species to make decisions. We depend on trust and cooperation to achieve our potential.

All the work being done to tear that to shreds (as imperfect as it always was) seems to hinge on the unaccountable Epstein class being allowed free reign to commit the most heinous atrocities imaginable... But we do outnumber those people, by a lot.

> The Rome Statute and the ICC exist to make people feel better, to have people believe that the world is just thanks to a few brave bureaucrats.

If that were entirely true, the US wouldn't work so hard on things like the Hague Invasion act, or on sanctioning ICC judges... Or on propaganda to make people believe that 'international law' is just a sanctimonious lie.

	▲	yostrovs 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I agree with you that I wish for trust and cooperation. But that's just not the way the world is. There is no international law. There really isn't, however much we wish it to be. And therefore bringing up statutes and the ICC is just talk. It does nothing to improve the situation or to influence it in any way.