Qasim Rashid, Esq.
If the US saw lack of ICC jurisdiction as a valid defense that exempts Israel from ICC prosecution, then US would not have welcomed ICC arrest warrants for Putin—who also rejects ICC jurisdiction. But instead the US happily welcomed ICC warrants against Putin, and stands by those warrants to this day.
International rules based order mandates consistency in law and the application of law—for opponents & allies alike. That's how justice is supposed to work.
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@QasimRashid He wants an international rules based order where the US is the only one setting the rules. That isn't a rules based order where all parties are equal before it, it is the appearance of law, but with unequal application. It is a tool of US hegemony or nothing.
You see the same thing at the UN, with the major security council players repeatedly vetoing widely desired attempts to establish some sort of international law with actual teeth.
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Q:Could you give us your reaction to the International Criminal Court issuing an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin?
Biden: Well, I think it’s justified. But the question is, it’s not recognized internationally by us either. But I think it makes a very strong point.
Q:Should Putin be tried for war crimes? (Inaudible.)
Biden: He’s clearly committed war crimes.
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@QasimRashid Biden also ordered the Pentagon to share its intelligence on possible Russian war crimes with the ICC. The Pentagon normally objects to sharing intelligence with 3rd parties, but Biden publicly overruled them. It is almost like Biden thinks the ICC is a legitimate institution for the prosecution of war crimes.
He just doesn't like it when the "Rules based order" he so claims to cherish comes down in favor of something contrary to his administration's desires.
PhoenixSerenity
@MoiraEve @QasimRashid Read up on the Hague Invasion Act, from Bush Jr era. It's still on US books because no president since has tried to get it removed:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2002/08/03/us-hague-invasion-act-becomes-law
MoiraEve
@QasimRashid I was surprised the United States and Israel were not members of the ICC. Maybe I shouldn’t be, maybe this is naivety on my part. It’s possible the United States doesn’t want to be held to account for its actions by the world.
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