Yet Another - Yet another

Yet Another - Yet another case where the Bush Administration was right; the "International Criminal Court" would seem to be a venue for politically-based harassement of US policies under a pseudo-legalistic veneer:

"The complaint will be filed stating that unknown American personnel are directly responsible for committing war crimes in Iraq," Mr. Fermon said.
"On some of these questions there is an issue of command responsibility for atrocities committed on the ground, and that responsibility ends with Gen. Franks and those who are under him in the U.S. military line of command," he said.
The administration official said the complaint highlights U.S. concerns that laws regarding war crimes and institutions such as the International Criminal Court (ICC) can be used to initiate politically motivated prosecutions against American officials.
"This is obviously not a political case with the ICC, but it's typical of what we can expect in the future," the official said on the condition of anonymity.

Like some of us have been saying for a long time - the ICC is nothing but another means for has-been powers and sickly, envious social welfare basketcases to get leverage against the US.

Posted by Mitch at April 28, 2003 08:33 AM