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2009-03-23 International-UN-NGOs

United States under Obama drops hostility to ICC

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Posted by Fred 2009-03-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 idiot

Posted by 3dc 2009-03-23 00:28|| 2009-03-23 00:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Not to be confused with the International Court of Justice.

So far all it has done is prosecute a handfull of enemies of African governments of dubious legitimacy (Congo, CAR and Uganda). Although recently it has taken on Darfur.

A total of 4 people arrested. No one convicted.

Not much for a $130 million a year.

Posted by phil_b 2009-03-23 01:18|| 2009-03-23 01:18|| Front Page Top

#3 But it has far reaching plans for the Zionist Entity, phil_b.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-03-23 04:34|| 2009-03-23 04:34|| Front Page Top

#4 He's certainly heading in a direction that may make soldiering and contracting overseas very unappealing.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-03-23 07:32|| 2009-03-23 07:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Anything to make his EUro-idols happy.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2009-03-23 08:17|| 2009-03-23 08:17|| Front Page Top

#6 Obozo's so out of it that he probably thought they meant Interstate Commerce Commission.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-03-23 08:36|| 2009-03-23 08:36|| Front Page Top

#7 $130 million a year is lunch for a lot of Euro apparatchiks. Don't knock it.

Posted by Steve White 2009-03-23 09:36|| 2009-03-23 09:36|| Front Page Top

#8 He will watch enlistments and retention rates drop like rocks if he puts our military under the authority of the ICC. He can send his beloved Civil Service Corps to foreign hotspots instead.

Posted by DarthVader 2009-03-23 09:56|| 2009-03-23 09:56|| Front Page Top

#9 Dropping overt hostility is not the same as actual support... one hopes President Obama merely means to create a less confrontational atmosphere. Additionally, I can't see the Secretary of Defence ever agreeing to join the ICC, as that would create problems for Secretary Gates, given the numbers hostile to his work on the Iraq war. Agreed with g(r)omgoru that there are serious implications, and decreased U.S. support for Israel is a realistic concern, unfortunately. Let's keep a watchful eye on this one, while concentrating on more urgent issues. -- generally the same people who agitated for the arrest of various Israeli politicians over the last decade or so.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-03-23 10:11|| 2009-03-23 10:11|| Front Page Top

#10 Every day in every way Obama is becoming more like Jimmy Carter.

Posted by rwv 2009-03-23 20:15|| 2009-03-23 20:15|| Front Page Top

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