Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Friday that the US has imposed visa restrictions on a number of officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC) because of ongoing inquiries into war crimes committed by the US in the occupation of Afghanistan.
The ICC has not formally launched an investigation, but has been
soliciting information of possible crimes against humanity committed in
Afghanistan. They have reported getting about 700 submissions from
victims so far.
The US government doesn’t favor the ICC in the best of times, and Pompeo
says the effort to look into US war crimes amounts to a threat to
“national sovereignty.” He further threatened economic sanctions if an
investigation grows.
The ICC is intended to investigate crimes against humanity when the
government in question is unable or unwilling to do so. The US
government would clearly be able to investigate such violations in
Afghanistan, but whether or not they’ve proven willing to do so is hotly
debated, based on how often such allegations are just quietly dismissed
in internal investigations.
From the master of diplomacy.
“How dare anyone to question the exceptional and indispensable nations right to destroy countries and kill millions of civilians around the world.
Besides, the US war corporations has the right to make a living”.
The US and Israel are not signatory, or members of the ICC.
While the US signed the initial document which created the international court in 2000, it has since refused to actually become a member, and many American politicians see the court’s ability to hold the country accountable for its actions abroad as a threat to national sovereignty. Bolton later “unsigned” the document altogether.
Being part of the human race requires we surrender some sovereignty to society. Bolton is a schoolyard bully. Abrams as well. They need to be challenged hard.
“They need to be challenged hard.” These Criminal Terrorists Must Be Tried and Punished, otherwise, World will remain Hell because of This Curse on Earth.
To repeat an old joke – I didn’t call US Sec of State and Security Advisor “war criminals” – What I want to know is who called those war criminals Us Sec of State and Security Advisor?
We are stereotypically authoritarian. A “rogue state”.
Yes
White phosphorus is definitely a war crime
USA and Israel are the only two known countries that use it
Both should be subject to prosecution.
The Russians claim the Ukrainians use white phosphorous, and a train wreck in Ukraine involving tanker cars full of white phosphorous contaminated a large area in 2007. The train was supposedly en route from Kazakhstan to Poland. Are there uses for the stuff other than munitions?
The Azerbaijanis claim the Armenians use white phosphorous.
In Syria, the US, the Syrian government forces, and the Russians have all been accused of using white phosphorous.
Aside from the overwhelming evidence, they have admitted to using white phosphorous:
Pentagon Reverses Position and Admits U.S. Troops Used White Phosphorus Against Iraqis in Fallujah
Israel Admits Using Phosphorus Bombs During War in Lebanon
HRW concerned about phosphorus use by U.S. coalition in Raqqa
What point are you exactly trying to make?
incorrect, only the US has been accused of using white phosphorous in Syria.
No, not incorrect. The Syrian and Russian regimes have also been accused of using white phosphorous in Syria. With video as supposed evidence for the accusations.
https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2017/04/10/VIDEO-Syria-regime-drops-white-phosphorus-on-Idlib-s-Saraqeb.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-russia-war-white-phosphorous-claims-video-footage-a7618976.html
you fall easy for the MSM propaganda.
i guess you also fall for the White Helmets are heroes crap.
Al Arabiya is from Dubai, one of the golf states who funds the Jihads in Syria.
Falling for the MSM propaganda would be accepting the accusations as true.
Pretending that accusations have not been made because you don’t believe those accusations to be credible isn’t “not falling for the MSM propaganda.” It’s “refusing to acknowledge reality.”
as previous, it`s a waste of time and energy.
Not just American and Israeli forces commuting crimes but forces facilitated, financed and trained by these nations. At least six terrorist organizations active in Syria commit crimes and receive political cover from the USA.
Not many nations express their sovereignty with war crimes.. It takes a special type of rogue state to be claiming sovereignty as a license for war crimes. Most often they claim they committed no warcrimes.. Raising this lame defense gives the appearance of guilt, Sovereignty is no defense against proscribed actions like killing civilians or using children as human shields. The very nature of war crime is international, which assumes all actors are sovergn entities. One thing is sure, if they ended up by fluke, in the custody and in front of the ICC, they would not be using this joke defense. “We’re sovereign and therefor there are no laws to follow. We can make our oun laws for ourselves. Sounds like the Eichman defense…. Just following the sovereign orders of my sovereign.. . Good friggin luck pal…!!!!!!
Denying ordinary visas for these folks, who have not committed or been alleged credibly to have committed crimes is cowardly. Why not let them come like everyone else? Such a reaction shows fear, the kind of fear the guilty have when threatened with exposure. All this yammer about “US image” from these folks and they they behave like N. Koreans, or worse. Makes me sick.